LA Canada High School
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If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,998 | -9 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,981 | -26 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,963 | -44 | $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.
LA Canada High School's enrollment is tracking Los Angeles County's baseline (-6.6% vs. -8.2%), and 97.7% stability is elite. The demographic tide is the headwind; you're holding your share.
31 of 1,352 students who enrolled at LA Canada High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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: grades 9–12.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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).
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
District financial profile — La Canada 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.
Local: 57.1%
Federal: 4.5%
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 La Canada 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).
+28.8 pp above peer median (30.6%) · Ranked #2 of 11 similar schools
18.5%
30.6%
53.3%
59.4%
Higher than 93% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
LA Canada High School's UC Reach of 59.4% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 59 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
Against similar schools, LA Canada High School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 30.6%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 43 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, LA Canada High School's UC Reach is higher than 93% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
LA Canada High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · La Canada · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, LA Canada High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 11): 59% vs. a peer median of 31%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 2 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 7% (362→338 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1981 by 2029 — about 26 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 26 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.
Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Canada High School | Public | 2007 | 59.4% | -7% |
| Peer-group median | 30.6% | -12% | ||
| Glendale High School | Public | 2051 | 9.7% | -16% |
| Eagle Rock High School | Public | 2070 | 35.2% | -22% |
| Alhambra High School | Public | 2042 | 17.7% | -11% |
| John Marshall High School | Public | 1859 | 28.0% | -14% |
| Crescenta Valley High School | Public | 2630 | 48.5% | -10% |
| Temple City High School | Public | 1803 | 59.7% | -15% |
| Herbert Hoover High | Public | 1584 | 13.9% | -3% |
| Mark Keppel High School | Public | 2181 | 34.2% | -3% |
| San Gabriel High School | Public | 1726 | 33.1% | -16% |
| John Muir High School | Public | 1282 | 17.5% | +50% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.03 | 12.4% | 13.1% | -0.7pp | On target |
| UCLA | 3.98 | 10.0% | 9.2% | +0.8pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.96 | 19.2% | 20.9% | -1.6pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.93 | 29.0% | 29.5% | -0.4pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 3.93 | 12.8% | 24.0% | -11.3pp | Under |
| UC Davis | 3.93 | 29.9% | 32.4% | -2.5pp | On target |
Where LA Canada High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (18.6% actual vs. 21.0% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 170 | 21 | 7 | 12.4% | 5.9% | 33.3% | 4.03 | 4.22 |
| UCLA → Elite | 220 | 22 | 4 | 10.0% | 6.2% | 18.2% | 3.98 | 4.28 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 208 | 40 | 8 | 19.2% | 11.3% | 20.0% | 3.96 | 4.26 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 210 | 61 | 9 | 29.0% | 17.2% | 14.8% | 3.93 | 4.25 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 180 | 23 | 4 | 12.8% | 6.5% | 17.4% | 3.93 | 4.12 |
| UC Davis → | 147 | 44 | 5 | 29.9% | 12.4% | 11.4% | 3.93 | 4.18 |