Roosevelt Walker Academy

· Orange County · Santa Ana Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Roosevelt Walker 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
639 (2018)598 (2026)
-6.4%

If this trend holds (-0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~593 -5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~583 -15 $0
5 yr (2031) ~574 -24 $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 Orange County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
88.1%
632 of 717 students

85 of 717 students who enrolled at Roosevelt Walker Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Orange County median
91.8% · school is in the 32nd percentile of 144 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 48th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (684) 89.0%
Hispanic / Latino (682) 88.9%
English learners (396) 89.1%
Students w/ disabilities (176) 90.3%
Asian (21) 85.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra Preparatory Academy 0.0% Scholarship Prep - Orange County 90.2% Orange County Educational Arts Academy 98.6% Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana 97.9% Irvine International Academy 89.0%

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
19.2%
136 of 707 students

Absenteeism is up 15.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Orange County median
16.4% · school is worse than 62% of 143 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 — Santa Ana 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
$856.0M
+6.5% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,336
44,271 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 56.1%
Local: 28.4%
Federal: 15.5%
Instruction share
62.3%
of current spending · $10,226/pupil
Long-term debt
$514.3M
+31.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Santa Ana 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).

Roosevelt Walker Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~583 by 2029 — about 15 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

598 students (2026)
~583 projected (2029)
at -0.8%/yr

That's about 15 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
Roosevelt Walker Academy Public 598
Peer-group median 89.9% +20%
Sierra Preparatory Academy Public 621
Scholarship Prep - Orange County Public 571
Orange County Educational Arts Academy Public 663
Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Public 586 100.0% +257%
Irvine International Academy Public 594
Middle College High Public 476 79.8% +20%
California Iinspire Academy Public 671
Irvine Chinese Immersion Academy Public 652
Edward B. Cole Academy Public 431
Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. Public 451 +20%

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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