Social Justice Leadership Academy Magnet At Esteban E. Torres High No 5

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No UC admissions data on file for Social Justice Leadership Academy Magnet At Esteban E. Torres High No 5.

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)
346 (2018)93 (2026)
-73.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
65 (2018)23 (2026)
-64.6%

If this trend holds (-15.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~79 -14 $0
3 yr (2029) ~57 -36 $0
5 yr (2031) ~41 -52 $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 -64.6% vs. county -8.2% AND stability (84.8%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-64.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-56.4pp  gap vs. county
84.8%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
84.8%
112 of 132 students

20 of 132 students who enrolled at Social Justice Leadership Academy Magnet At Esteban E. Torres High No 5 this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 40th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 41st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (129) 86.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (124) 86.3%
Students w/ disabilities (26) 80.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Harris Newmark Continuation 26.0% San Antonio Continuation 35.3% Pueblo De Los Angeles Continuation 25.7% Metropolitan Continuation 18.5%

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
20.2%
25 of 124 students

Absenteeism is in the typical CA HS range. Worth monitoring alongside the demand and retention signals above.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is better than 65% 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 = 27
74.1%
incl. 44.4% exceeded
+16.1 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 27
22.2%
incl. 11.1% exceeded
-2.8 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 99%
White 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 98% +1.2

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).

Social Justice Leadership Academy Magnet At Esteban E. Torres High No 5 — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 65% (65→23 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -37%.
  • At its recent rate (-15.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~57 by 2029 — about 36 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

93 students (2026)
~57 projected (2029)
at -15.1%/yr

That's about 36 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
Social Justice Leadership Academy Magnet At Esteban E. Torres High No 5 Public 93 -65%
Peer-group median -37%
Harris Newmark Continuation Public 115 -56%
San Antonio Continuation Public 72 -25%
Pueblo De Los Angeles Continuation Public 63 +22%
Metropolitan Continuation Public 62 +29%
Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy School Of Technology, Business And Education Public 170 -46%
Frida Kahlo High School Public 60 -42%
Esteban Torres East La Performing Arts Magnet Public 186 -36%
Central High Public 153 -71%
Monterey Continuation Public 45 -39%
Engineering And Technology Academy At Esteban E. Torres High No. 3 Public 235 -18%

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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