Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy

· Los Angeles County · Whittier City
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No UC admissions data on file for Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
760 (2018)906 (2026)
+19.2%

If this trend holds (+2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~926 +20 $0
3 yr (2029) ~968 +62 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,011 +105 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
94.9%
867 of 914 students

47 of 914 students who enrolled at Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 85th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 86th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (854) 94.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (709) 94.6%
Students w/ disabilities (153) 93.5%
English learners (77) 90.9%
White (23) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Pioneer High 87.0% South El Monte High School 89.9% Maywood Academy High School 87.3% La Merced Academy 92.5%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
14.3%
129 of 904 students

Absenteeism is up 5.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 78% of 669 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.2%/yr); projects to ~968 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

906 students (2026)
~968 projected (2029)
at +2.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy Public 906
Peer-group median 17.3% -14%
Pioneer High Public 945 22.3% -27%
John Glenn High School Public 819 16.2% -34%
South El Monte High School Public 1080 18.8% -1%
Maywood Academy High School Public 1002 17.4% +6%
La Merced Academy Public 642
Mountain View High School Public 1124 113.6% -9%
Elizabeth Learning Center Public 1127 16.2% -8%
Daniel Phelan Language Academy Public 521
Whittier High School Public 1556 17.2% -18%
El Monte High School Public 1294 16.0% -22%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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