Knowledge Enlightens You (key) Academy

· Alameda County · Hayward Unified
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Kipp King Collegiate High Sch → Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology → Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori → Madison Park Academy 6-12 → Castlemont High School → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Knowledge Enlightens You (key) 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
557 (2018)668 (2026)
+19.9%

If this trend holds (+2.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~683 +15 $0
3 yr (2029) ~715 +47 $0
5 yr (2031) ~748 +80 $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 Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
93.0%
621 of 668 students

47 of 668 students who enrolled at Knowledge Enlightens You (key) Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
89.9% · school is in the 74th percentile of 107 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 76th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (561) 94.8%
Hispanic / Latino (445) 93.9%
English learners (284) 93.0%
White (95) 92.6%
Students w/ disabilities (52) 96.2%
Black / African Am. (39) 79.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Kipp King Collegiate High Sch 94.2% Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology 93.4% Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori 95.3% Madison Park Academy 6-12 86.0% Castlemont High School 72.5%

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
24.2%
160 of 662 students

Absenteeism is up 8.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Alameda County median
25.1% · school is better than 53% of 106 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).

District financial profile — Hayward Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$372.8M
+17.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,548
19,069 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 47.7%
Local: 38.7%
Federal: 13.5%
Instruction share
56.4%
of current spending · $9,443/pupil
Long-term debt
$727.0M
+59.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Hayward Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Knowledge Enlightens You (key) Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.3%/yr); projects to ~715 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

668 students (2026)
~715 projected (2029)
at +2.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Knowledge Enlightens You (key) Academy Public 668
Peer-group median 9.1% +18%
Kipp King Collegiate High Sch Public 671 57.6% +40%
Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology Public 688 -35%
Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori Public 583 7.3% +56%
Madison Park Academy 6-12 Public 620 +20%
Castlemont High School Public 694 5.8% +12%
Lockwood Steam Academy Elementary Public 665
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public Public 756 +15%
San Lorenzo High School Public 963 10.9% -15%
Lighthouse Community Charter Public 588
Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay Public 518 +244%

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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