Launch Virtual Academy
Chula Vista · San Diego County · Sweetwater Union High · Public
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: High Tech High Chula Vista, Mar Vista High School, Castle Park High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2023–2025
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 San Diego → Selective | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.93 | —† |
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.
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.
Absenteeism is up 12.5 pp since 2021-22. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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).
Enrollment trend & projection
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) | ~710 | +16 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~743 | +49 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~777 | +83 | $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.
Launch Virtual Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Chula Vista · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 120% (93→205 from 2022 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.3%/yr); projects to ~743 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Virtual Academy | Public | 694 | — | +120% |
| Peer-group median | 21.1% | -12% | ||
| High Tech High Chula Vista | Public | 628 | 36.4% | -12% |
| Mar Vista High School | Public | 1190 | 14.5% | -21% |
| Castle Park High School | Public | 1318 | 17.1% | -2% |
| Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista | Public | 466 | — | -7% |
| Health Sciences High And Middle College | Public | 552 | — | -13% |
| Coronado High School | Public | 990 | 29.3% | -14% |
| Chula Vista Learning Community Charter | Public | 1357 | — | +40% |
| Southwest Senior High | Public | 1567 | 20.5% | -27% |
| Montgomery High School | Public | 1546 | 21.7% | -19% |
| The Learning Choice Academy - East County | Public | 529 | — | +12% |
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 →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating San Diego County (+120.4% vs. -7.5%), but 295 of 740 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 80.5% (up +13.4 pts from 2021-22) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
295 of 740 students who enrolled at Launch Virtual Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (39.9% 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.
District financial profile — Sweetwater Union High (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: 32.0%
Federal: 9.1%
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 Sweetwater Union High 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).
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