Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex

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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)
585 (2018)509 (2026)
-13.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
114 (2018)124 (2026)
+8.8%

If this trend holds (-1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~500 -9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~483 -26 $0
5 yr (2031) ~467 -42 $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.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +8.8% vs. county -8.2%) AND maintains 90.8% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+8.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
+17.0pp  gap vs. county
90.8%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
90.8%
491 of 541 students

50 of 541 students who enrolled at Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 68th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 70th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (527) 90.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (463) 91.1%
Students w/ disabilities (56) 83.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High 84.9% Abraham Lincoln High School 89.9% Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School Of Social Justice 82.2% Compton Early College High Sch 95.8% Alliance Cindy And Bill Simon Technology Academy High 87.9%

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
13.1%
69 of 527 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is better than 86% 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 = 128
69.5%
incl. 43.8% exceeded
+11.5 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 126
34.1%
incl. 13.5% exceeded
+9.1 pts above 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 96%
White 3% +1.0
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 88% +3.8
Socioeconomically disadv. 9%
English learners 2%

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.

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).

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 9% (114→124 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +2%.
  • At its recent rate (-1.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~483 by 2029 — about 26 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

509 students (2026)
~483 projected (2029)
at -1.7%/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
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex Public 509 +9%
Peer-group median 38.6% +2%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527 21.3% -3%
Abraham Lincoln High School Public 501 110.0% -4%
Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School Of Social Justice Public 489 -6%
Compton Early College High Sch Public 539 54.9% +85%
Alliance Cindy And Bill Simon Technology Academy High Public 463 +8%
Aspire Pacific Academy Public 539 22.4% -22%
Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design Steam Academy Public 494 +9%
Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield Technology Academy High Public 590 +20%
Russell Westbrook Why Not? High Public 429 +12%
Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy Public 550 -4%

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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