Lindsey Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Lindsey 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
785 (2018)658 (2026)
-16.2%

If this trend holds (-2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~644 -14 $0
3 yr (2029) ~616 -42 $0
5 yr (2031) ~589 -69 $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.

Stability rate
85.7%
637 of 743 students

106 of 743 students who enrolled at Lindsey Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 34th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 37th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (638) 85.0%
Hispanic / Latino (548) 86.3%
English learners (166) 82.5%
Students w/ disabilities (128) 79.7%
Black / African Am. (121) 80.2%
Asian (26) 88.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Powell Academy For Success 87.9% California Academy Of Mathematics And Science 98.8% Robinson Academy 89.3% Lifeline Education Charter Sch 93.8%

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
22.0%
158 of 718 students

Absenteeism is up 10.2 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 53% of 669 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 — Long Beach 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
$1266.5M
+8.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,245
69,413 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 62.0%
Local: 24.9%
Federal: 13.2%
Instruction share
61.9%
of current spending · $8,669/pupil
Long-term debt
$1410.6M
+13.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Long Beach 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).

Lindsey Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~616 by 2029 — about 42 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

658 students (2026)
~616 projected (2029)
at -2.2%/yr

That's about 42 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
Lindsey Academy Public 658
Peer-group median 21.3% -4%
Powell Academy For Success Public 652
Rancho Dominguez Prep School Public 594 18.8% -8%
California Academy Of Mathematics And Science Public 662 -4%
Robinson Academy Public 662
Lifeline Education Charter Sch Public 720 21.3% +33%
Compton Early College High Sch Public 539 54.9% +85%
Jessie Nelson Academy Public 827
Abraham Lincoln High School Public 501 110.0% -4%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527 21.3% -3%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527

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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