No UC admissions data on file for Puc Nueva Esperanza Charter 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
541 (2018)359 (2026)
-33.6%

If this trend holds (-5.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~341 -18 $0
3 yr (2029) ~308 -51 $0
5 yr (2031) ~278 -81 $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
90.7%
340 of 375 students

35 of 375 students who enrolled at Puc Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 59th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 63rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (363) 91.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (339) 90.6%
Students w/ disabilities (72) 97.2%
English learners (51) 84.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase) 84.4% Carlos Santana Arts Academy 84.1% Puc Lakeview Charter Academy 92.3% Vista Del Valle Dual Language Academy 90.6% Knollwood Preparatory Academy 91.2%

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
30.5%
113 of 370 students

Absenteeism is up 22.1 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 72% 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 — Los Angeles 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
$11112.5M
+8.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,124
460,633 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.7%
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
Instruction share
53.5%
of current spending · $10,061/pupil
Long-term debt
$11908.4M
+4.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Los Angeles 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).

Puc Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-5.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~308 by 2029 — about 51 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

359 students (2026)
~308 projected (2029)
at -5.0%/yr

That's about 51 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
Puc Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy Public 359
Peer-group median -18%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase) Public 397 -17%
Carlos Santana Arts Academy Public 358
Puc Lakeview Charter Academy Public 342
Vista Del Valle Dual Language Academy Public 423
Knollwood Preparatory Academy Public 387
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Social Justice Humanitas Academy Public 432 -24%
Puc Community Charter Elementary Public 297
Valor Academy Elementary Public 403
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy Public 278 -15%
Puc Lakeview Charter High Public 451 -19%

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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