No UC admissions data on file for Steam Academy @ Burke.

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
624 (2018)493 (2026)
-21.0%

If this trend holds (-2.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~479 -14 $0
3 yr (2029) ~451 -42 $0
5 yr (2031) ~425 -68 $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.

Stability rate
93.0%
515 of 554 students

39 of 554 students who enrolled at Steam Academy @ Burke this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 74th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 76th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (534) 92.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (393) 91.3%
English learners (74) 87.8%
Students w/ disabilities (65) 87.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Daniel Phelan Language Academy 96.1% North Park Academy Of The Arts 89.7% Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences 88.8% Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex 90.8% Christian Sorensen Science Academy 94.0%

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
16.8%
92 of 548 students

Absenteeism is up 12.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 70% of 669 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 — El Rancho 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
$131.8M
+7.7% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,500
7,985 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 60.2%
Local: 25.7%
Federal: 14.1%
Instruction share
55.4%
of current spending · $7,792/pupil
Long-term debt
$71.6M
-19.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 El Rancho 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).

Steam Academy @ Burke — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~451 by 2029 — about 42 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

493 students (2026)
~451 projected (2029)
at -2.9%/yr

That's about 42 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
Steam Academy @ Burke Public 493
Peer-group median 21.3% +9%
Daniel Phelan Language Academy Public 521
North Park Academy Of The Arts Public 462
Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences Public 399
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex Public 509 +9%
Christian Sorensen Science Academy Public 411
Valencia Academy Of The Arts Public 404
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527 21.3% -3%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527
Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep Public 519 +38%
Birney Tech Academy Public 351

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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