Leigh High School
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If this trend holds (+1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,912 | +18 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,949 | +55 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,986 | +92 | $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 Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Leigh High School outperformed Santa Clara County on enrollment (school +17.6% vs. county -6.2%) AND maintains 96.2% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
73 of 1,932 students who enrolled at Leigh High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.8% 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 — Campbell 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: 79.3%
Federal: 6.3%
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 Campbell 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).
+15.4 pp above peer median (31.7%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
18.5%
31.7%
53.3%
47.1%
Higher than 87% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Leigh High School's UC Reach of 47.1% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.5%; top 25% bar 32.0%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.3%.
Against similar schools, Leigh High School stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 31.7%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 56 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Leigh High School's UC Reach is higher than 87% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Leigh High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · San Jose · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Leigh High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 47% vs. a peer median of 32%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 17 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 18% (421→495 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -6%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.0%/yr); projects to ~1949 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh High School | Public | 1894 | 47.1% | +18% |
| Peer-group median | 31.7% | -6% | ||
| Branham High School | Public | 1819 | 33.1% | +30% |
| Los Gatos High School | Public | 1862 | 40.0% | +5% |
| Westmont High School | Public | 1631 | 28.7% | +12% |
| Cupertino High School | Public | 1814 | 77.7% | -13% |
| Willow Glen High School | Public | 1537 | 30.3% | -8% |
| Santa Teresa High School | Public | 2205 | 27.5% | -1% |
| Lynbrook High School | Public | 1640 | 85.7% | -5% |
| Silver Creek High School | Public | 2057 | 28.2% | -16% |
| Pioneer High School | Public | 1342 | 35.4% | -10% |
| Abraham Lincoln High | Public | 1575 | 17.6% | -17% |
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 | 3.98 | 6.0% | 12.4% | -6.4pp | Under |
| UCLA | 3.99 | 10.4% | 9.2% | +1.2pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.96 | 15.3% | 20.8% | -5.5pp | Under |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.93 | 31.3% | 29.4% | +2.0pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 3.94 | 21.4% | 24.3% | -2.9pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 3.94 | 23.5% | 32.5% | -8.9pp | Under |
Where Leigh High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (18.3% actual vs. 21.7% 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 | 182 | 11 | 8 | 6.0% | 2.4% | 72.7% | 3.98 | 4.17 |
| UCLA → Elite | 192 | 20 | 11 | 10.4% | 4.4% | 55.0% | 3.99 | 4.21 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 203 | 31 | 10 | 15.3% | 6.8% | 32.3% | 3.96 | 4.23 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 201 | 63 | 13 | 31.3% | 13.7% | 20.6% | 3.93 | 4.24 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 201 | 43 | 11 | 21.4% | 9.4% | 25.6% | 3.94 | 4.22 |
| UC Davis → | 204 | 48 | 10 | 23.5% | 10.5% | 20.8% | 3.94 | 4.18 |