Science Academy STEM Magnet
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East Valley High School → Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 → Valor Academy High School → Stem Academy At Bernstein High → Helen Bernstein High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+13.1%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~616 | +71 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~788 | +243 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,007 | +462 | $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.
Science Academy STEM Magnet outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +27.3% vs. county -11.2%) AND maintains 96.6% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
9 of 265 students who enrolled at Science Academy STEM Magnet this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Absenteeism is up 15.7 pp since 2018-19. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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.
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
Program subgroups
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 — 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.
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
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).
+78.2 pp above peer median (31.1%) · Ranked #1 of 9 similar schools
18.5%
31.1%
53.3%
109.3%
Higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
109.3% is exceptional and very rare. For every 100 seniors at Science Academy STEM Magnet, the school is generating roughly 109 admissions to California's six most selective UCs (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD). The typical strong senior here is winning admission at multiple top campuses — a result fewer than 1% of California high schools achieve.
Against similar schools, Science Academy STEM Magnet stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 31.1%.
This places Science Academy STEM Magnet in the elite tier statewide — the top-1% threshold is 102.7%.
Overall, Science Academy STEM Magnet's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Science Academy STEM Magnet — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · North Hollywood · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Science Academy STEM Magnet sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 9): 109% vs. a peer median of 31%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 118 points since 2022 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 27% (44→56 from 2022 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +11%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+13.1%/yr); projects to ~788 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Academy STEM Magnet | Public | 545 | 109.3% | +27% |
| Peer-group median | 31.1% | +11% | ||
| East Valley High School | Public | 566 | 8.8% | +9% |
| Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 | Public | 559 | — | +10% |
| Valor Academy High School | Public | 505 | 26.8% | +4% |
| Stem Academy At Bernstein High | Public | 611 | — | +12% |
| Helen Bernstein High School | Public | 611 | 11.0% | +66% |
| Sun Valley Magnet School | Public | 387 | 42.2% | +18% |
| Rise Kohyang High School | Public | 486 | 35.5% | +46% |
| Central City Value High School | Public | 479 | 8.3% | -9% |
| Magnolia Science Academy 2 | Public | 448 | 40.9% | +14% |
| Renaissance Arts Academy | Public | 466 | 82.4% | -3% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.13 | 13.2% | 15.4% | -2.2pp | On target |
| UCLA | 4.11 | 10.3% | 9.9% | +0.3pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.12 | 55.2% | 40.4% | +14.8pp | Over |
| UC Irvine | 4.09 | 28.1% | 30.3% | -2.1pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 4.09 | 54.2% | 33.7% | +20.5pp | Over |
Where Science Academy STEM Magnet sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (29.0% actual vs. 24.2% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2022–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 38 | 5 | — | 13.2% | 11.6% | — | 4.13 | 4.30 |
| UCLA → Elite | 39 | 4 | — | 10.3% | 9.3% | — | 4.11 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.13 | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 29 | 16 | 5 | 55.2% | 37.2% | 31.2% | 4.12 | 4.26 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 32 | 9 | 3 | 28.1% | 20.9% | 33.3% | 4.09 | 4.22 |
| UC Davis → | 24 | 13 | — | 54.2% | 30.2% | — | 4.09 | 4.24 |