Ladera Stars Academy

· Ventura County · Conejo Valley Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Ladera Stars 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
297 (2018)319 (2026)
+7.4%

If this trend holds (+0.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~322 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~328 +9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~334 +15 $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 Ventura County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
91.8%
304 of 331 students

27 of 331 students who enrolled at Ladera Stars Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Ventura County median
90.4% · school is in the 54th percentile of 59 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 69th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (143) 94.4%
Hispanic / Latino (132) 88.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (118) 89.0%
Students w/ disabilities (89) 86.5%
English learners (63) 84.1%
Two or more races (30) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

River Oaks Academy 25.1% Bridges Charter 88.6% Meadows Arts And Technology Elementary 98.0% Flory Academy Of Sciences And Technology 93.9% Peach Hill Academy 96.1%

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
11.7%
38 of 325 students

Absenteeism is up 7.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Ventura County median
16.9% · school is better than 74% of 58 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 — Conejo Valley 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
$233.4M
+4.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$13,415
17,397 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 30.6%
Local: 61.2%
Federal: 8.2%
Instruction share
61.5%
of current spending · $7,852/pupil
Long-term debt
$33.1M
-36.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Conejo Valley 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).

Ladera Stars Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.9%/yr); projects to ~328 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

319 students (2026)
~328 projected (2029)
at +0.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Ladera Stars Academy Public 319
Peer-group median -39%
River Oaks Academy Public 331 +39%
Bridges Charter Public 421
Meadows Arts And Technology Elementary Public 414
Flory Academy Of Sciences And Technology Public 394
Peach Hill Academy Public 420
Monte Vista School Public 225 -39%
Camarillo Heights Stem Academy Public 357
Hamlin Charter Academy Public 306
Ivy Academia Public 329 -62%
Ingenium Charter Public 306

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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