Lee V. Pollard High

· Riverside County · Corona-Norco Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Lee V. Pollard High.

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 (9–12)
615 (2018)403 (2026)
-34.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
407 (2018)264 (2026)
-35.1%

If this trend holds (-5.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~382 -21 $0
3 yr (2029) ~344 -59 $0
5 yr (2031) ~309 -94 $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 Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -35.1% vs. county -2.7% AND stability (59.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 66.6% (up +15.1 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-35.1%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-2.7%  Riverside County baseline
-32.4pp  gap vs. county
59.0%  retention (county median 85.4%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
59.0%
327 of 554 students

227 of 554 students who enrolled at Lee V. Pollard High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (41.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Riverside County median
85.4% · school is in the 28th percentile of 94 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 21st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (503) 59.4%
Hispanic / Latino (425) 60.0%
English learners (111) 57.7%
Students w/ disabilities (100) 56.0%
White (79) 57.0%
Black / African Am. (30) 46.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Gateway College And Career Academy 56.0% John F. Kennedy High 97.7% Cbk Charter 32.1% Valley View High (continuation) 33.3% Orange Grove High 30.2%

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.

Chronic absent
66.6%
351 of 527 students

Absenteeism is up 15.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Riverside County median
28.9% · school is worse than 85% of 94 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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).

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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 193
10.4%
incl. 1.0% exceeded
-39.3 pts vs. Riverside County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 193
3.1%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-12.6 pts vs. Riverside County median (15.7%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

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

Hispanic / Latino 76% -1.9
White 14% +2.1
Black / African Am. 5%
Asian 3%
Two or more 1%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 91%
English learners 22% +4.8
Socioeconomically disadv. 19% +6.4

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 — Corona-Norco 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
$760.0M
+9.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,809
51,318 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 61.8%
Local: 27.0%
Federal: 11.2%
Instruction share
58.8%
of current spending · $7,663/pupil
Long-term debt
$684.4M
+3.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Corona-Norco 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).

Lee V. Pollard High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 35% (407→264 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -4%.
  • At its recent rate (-5.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~344 by 2029 — about 59 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

403 students (2026)
~344 projected (2029)
at -5.1%/yr

That's about 59 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
Lee V. Pollard High Public 403 -35%
Peer-group median 14.2% -4%
Gateway College And Career Academy Public 395 -11%
John F. Kennedy High Public 697 -31%
Cbk Charter Public 485 -84%
Valley View High (continuation) Public 363 -12%
Orange Grove High Public 185 +93%
Eric Birch High (continuation) Public 469 +83%
Citrus High (continuation) Public 335 +4%
Nueva Vista Continuation High Public 210 +1%
Excelsior Charter School Corona-Norco Public 110 +13%
LA Sierra High School Public 1458 14.2% -10%

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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