Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences

· Los Angeles County · El Rancho Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences.

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
423 (2018)399 (2026)
-5.7%

If this trend holds (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~396 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~390 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~385 -14 $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
88.8%
364 of 410 students

46 of 410 students who enrolled at Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 49th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 51st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (397) 89.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (351) 89.2%
English learners (95) 85.3%
Students w/ disabilities (65) 86.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Valencia Academy Of The Arts 93.0% Christian Sorensen Science Academy 94.0% Birney Tech Academy 91.4% Steam Academy @ Burke 93.0% South Ranchito Dual Language Academy 90.6%

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
26.3%
104 of 396 students

Absenteeism is up 14.4 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 worse than 61% 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 — El Rancho 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
$131.8M
+7.7% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,500
7,985 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 60.2%
Local: 25.7%
Federal: 14.1%
Instruction share
55.4%
of current spending · $7,792/pupil
Long-term debt
$71.6M
-19.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 El Rancho 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).

Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~390 by 2029 — about 9 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

399 students (2026)
~390 projected (2029)
at -0.7%/yr

That's about 9 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
Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences Public 399
Peer-group median +15%
Valencia Academy Of The Arts Public 404
Christian Sorensen Science Academy Public 411
Birney Tech Academy Public 351
Steam Academy @ Burke Public 493
South Ranchito Dual Language Academy Public 346
Magnolia Science Academy Bell Public 395
North Park Academy Of The Arts Public 462
Visual And Performing Arts At Legacy High School Complex Public 354 +15%
Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy Public 369
Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy Public 341

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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