Reid High

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No UC admissions data on file for Reid High.

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 (9–12)
220 (2018)102 (2026)
-53.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
145 (2018)81 (2026)
-44.1%

If this trend holds (-9.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~93 -9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~76 -26 $0
5 yr (2031) ~63 -39 $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.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -44.1% vs. county -8.2% AND stability (23.6%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 98.2% (up +98.2 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-44.1%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-35.9pp  gap vs. county
23.6%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
23.6%
30 of 127 students

97 of 127 students who enrolled at Reid High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (76.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 6th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 3rd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (103) 24.3%
Hispanic / Latino (83) 25.3%
Black / African Am. (28) 21.4%
English learners (25) 20.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Intellectual Virtues Academy 69.2% Somerset High 38.7% Tracy (wilbur) High (continuation) 48.3% Dan M. Issacs Avalon High 22.3% College Bridge Academy 41.9%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
98.2%
109 of 111 students

Absenteeism is up 98.2 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is worse than 99% of 381 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 30
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-58.0 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 30
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-25.0 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.0%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 74% +6.4
Black / African Am. 14%
Two or more 5%
Asian 4% +1.2
Filipino 2%
White 1% -7.8

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 80% -5.4
English learners 22% +7.4
Homeless 13%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

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).

Reid High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 44% (145→81 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -41%.
  • At its recent rate (-9.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~76 by 2029 — about 26 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

102 students (2026)
~76 projected (2029)
at -9.2%/yr

That's about 26 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
Reid High Public 102 -44%
Peer-group median 42.1% -41%
Intellectual Virtues Academy Public 102 -14%
Somerset High Public 87 -41%
Tracy (wilbur) High (continuation) Public 83 -74%
Dan M. Issacs Avalon High Public 65 -64%
College Bridge Academy Public 208 -84%
Buena Vista High School Public 200 -19%
Vista High Public 170 -2%
We The People High School Public 46
Cesar Chavez Continuation High Public 212 -56%
Odyssey STEM Academy Public 256 42.1% -22%

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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