Malcolm X Academy

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Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer → Thornton High → Gateway To College High At Laney College → Baden High (continuation) → S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Malcolm X 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
87 (2018)91 (2026)
+4.6%

If this trend holds (+0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~92 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~93 +2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~94 +3 $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 San Francisco County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
80.4%
90 of 112 students

22 of 112 students who enrolled at Malcolm X Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (19.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Francisco County median
86.5% · school is in the 32nd percentile of 25 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 23rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (97) 79.4%
Black / African Am. (69) 81.2%
Students w/ disabilities (27) 88.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer 89.4% Thornton High 33.3% Gateway To College High At Laney College 62.8% Baden High (continuation) 35.9% S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) 63.7%

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
62.4%
68 of 109 students

Absenteeism is up 62.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Francisco County median
38.0% · school is worse than 88% of 24 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 — San Francisco 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
$1228.3M
+17.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$23,716
51,790 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 36.3%
Local: 56.0%
Federal: 7.8%
Instruction share
53.2%
of current spending · $9,747/pupil
Long-term debt
$969.8M
+0.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Francisco 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).

Malcolm X Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.6%/yr); projects to ~93 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

91 students (2026)
~93 projected (2029)
at +0.6%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Malcolm X Academy Public 91
Peer-group median +24%
Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer Public 98 -72%
Thornton High Public 106 -37%
Gateway To College High At Laney College Public 100 -11%
Baden High (continuation) Public 111 +60%
S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) Public 59 +85%
Kipp San Francisco College Preparatory Public 177 -40%
Kipp Bayview Academy Public 179
Aims College Prep Middle Public 136
Downtown High Public 182 +352%
Life Learning Academy Charter Public 46 +64%

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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