Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Public · Long Beach · Los Angeles County · 3,835 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
27%
Higher than 67% of California high schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 10.4%
2025 · 26.7%
+33%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+41.3 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~3681
5-yr projected enrollment (154 fewer than today)
- ▸Long Beach Polytechnic High School's most recent UC Reach is 27% (share of seniors admitted to a top-6 UC).
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 17 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Long Beach Polytechnic High School is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.984) alone would predict (26% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 33% (720→958 from 2018 to 2026).
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~3681 by 2029 — about 154 fewer students than today.
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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