Stella Elementary Charter Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Stella Elementary Charter Academy.

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
37 (2019)263 (2026)
+610.8%

If this trend holds (+32.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~348 +85 $0
3 yr (2029) ~610 +347 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,067 +804 $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
82.5%
236 of 286 students

50 of 286 students who enrolled at Stella Elementary Charter Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (17.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 25th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 27th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (258) 84.1%
Hispanic / Latino (213) 85.4%
English learners (67) 89.6%
Black / African Am. (56) 76.8%
Students w/ disabilities (36) 86.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Preparatory And Transition Center 87.5% Icef View Park Preparatory Middle 90.5% Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle 88.4% New Los Angeles Charter 96.6% Crete Academy 68.4%

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
19.0%
52 of 274 students

Absenteeism is down 11.2 pp since 2018-19. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 64% 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 — 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).

Stella Elementary Charter Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+32.3%/yr); projects to ~610 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

263 students (2026)
~610 projected (2029)
at +32.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Stella Elementary Charter Academy Public 263
Peer-group median 3.7% -31%
Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Preparatory And Transition Center Public 272 -20%
Icef View Park Preparatory Middle Public 245
Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle Public 277
New Los Angeles Charter Public 319
Crete Academy Public 284
Carson-Gore Academy Of Environmental Studies Public 323
Stem Preparatory Elementary Public 314
Icef View Park Preparatory High Public 319 3.7% -42%
Libertas College Preparatory Charter Public 326
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle Public 217

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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