Soar High (students On Academic Rise)

· Los Angeles County · Antelope Valley Union High
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No UC admissions data on file for Soar High (students On Academic Rise).

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)
419 (2018)720 (2026)
+71.8%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
99 (2018)158 (2026)
+59.6%

If this trend holds (+7.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~770 +50 $0
3 yr (2029) ~882 +162 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,010 +290 $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.

Soar High (students On Academic Rise) outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +59.6% vs. county -8.2%) AND maintains 95.0% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+59.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
+67.8pp  gap vs. county
95.0%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
95.0%
641 of 675 students

34 of 675 students who enrolled at Soar High (students On Academic Rise) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 87th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 90th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (414) 94.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (407) 93.1%
White (88) 96.6%
Black / African Am. (79) 96.2%
Two or more races (43) 93.0%
Filipino (25) 96.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Desert Sands Charter 48.1% Desert Winds Continuation High 20.0% Antelope Valley Learning Academy 52.3% Antelope Valley High School 75.0% Rosamond High Early College Campus 80.0%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
3.4%
23 of 673 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 98% 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 = 161
83.2%
incl. 46.0% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+25.2 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 161
53.4%
incl. 20.5% exceeded
+28.4 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 62%
White 14% +2.8
Black / African Am. 12%
Two or more 5% -1.6
Filipino 3%
Asian 3%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 56% -1.4

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 — Antelope Valley Union High (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
$352.0M
+5.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,005
21,991 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 66.8%
Local: 21.3%
Federal: 12.0%
Instruction share
58.8%
of current spending · $8,345/pupil
Long-term debt
$60.9M
-14.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Antelope Valley Union High 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).

Soar High (students On Academic Rise) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 60% (99→158 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+7.0%/yr); projects to ~882 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

720 students (2026)
~882 projected (2029)
at +7.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Soar High (students On Academic Rise) Public 720 +60%
Peer-group median 10.0% -12%
Desert Sands Charter Public 604 -63%
Desert Winds Continuation High Public 468 -20%
Antelope Valley Learning Academy Public 911 -56%
Antelope Valley High School Public 1378 10.6% -12%
Rosamond High Early College Campus Public 907 +9%
Palmdale Academy Charter Public 1075 10.0% +1%
R Rex Parris High School Public 418 -39%
Vasquez High School Public 417 9.0% -10%
Desert Junior-Senior High Public 507 -12%
High Desert Public 327

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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