Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
John Glenn High School
Public · Norwalk · Los Angeles County · 819 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
16%
Higher than 45% of California high schools
-20.7 pp vs. peer median (36.9%)
· Ranked #7 of 9 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 10.2%
2025 · 16.2%
-34%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-25.8 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~684
5-yr projected enrollment (135 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, John Glenn High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 9): 16% vs. a peer median of 37%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, John Glenn High School is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.681) alone would predict (33% actual vs. 23% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 34% (294→194 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -2%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-5.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~684 by 2029 — about 135 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Whitney High School | Public | 126.1% | +4% |
| Pioneer High | Public | 22.3% | -27% |
| International Studies Learning Center At Legacy High School Complex | Public | — | +18% |
| Ernest S Mcbride Sr High Schl | Public | 51.4% | -1% |
| Artesia High School | Public | 12.4% | -1% |
| Elizabeth Learning Center | Public | 16.2% | -8% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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