The Leadership Academy

· Los Angeles County · Lancaster Elementary
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Most similar nearby schools

Phoenix High Community Day → Promise Academy → Rare Earth High (continuation) → Rosamond High School → Mt. Lukens Continuation → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for The Leadership 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
49 (2022)35 (2025)
-28.6%

If this trend holds (-10.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~31 -4 $0
3 yr (2028) ~25 -10 $0
5 yr (2030) ~20 -15 $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
0.0%
0 of 45 students

45 of 45 students who enrolled at The Leadership Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (100.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 0th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 0th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (41) 0.0%
Black / African Am. (28) 0.0%
Students w/ disabilities (20) 0.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Phoenix High Community Day 10.0% Promise Academy 78.8% Rare Earth High (continuation) 28.4% Mt. Lukens Continuation 34.2%

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
10.0%
4 of 40 students

Absenteeism is up 5.7 pp since 2021-22. 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 90% 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).

The Leadership Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-10.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~25 by 2028 — about 10 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

35 students (2025)
~25 projected (2028)
at -10.6%/yr

That's about 10 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
The Leadership Academy Public 35
Peer-group median -53%
Phoenix High Community Day Public 29 -79%
Promise Academy Public 56
Rare Earth High (continuation) Public 40 -12%
Rosamond High School Public
Mt. Lukens Continuation Public 35 -53%
Valiant Academy Of Los Angeles Public 16
Synergy School Of The Arts And Technology, Antelope Valley Public 175
Desert High School Public
Life Source International Charter Public 228
Learning Post Academy Public

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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