Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts

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No UC admissions data on file for Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts.

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)
1,051 (2018)825 (2026)
-21.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
69 (2018)59 (2026)
-14.5%

If this trend holds (-3.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~800 -25 $0
3 yr (2029) ~753 -72 $0
5 yr (2031) ~709 -116 $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.

Action needed
Strong inside, weak at the gate.

Families who enroll at Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts stay (97.8% stability — elite). But enrollment is dropping 1.8× the county rate (school -14.5% vs. county -8.2%). The audit question isn't why students leave — it's why fewer families are choosing to enroll in the first place.

-14.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-6.3pp  gap vs. county
97.8%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
97.8%
261 of 267 students

6 of 267 students who enrolled at Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 98th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 99th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (756) 98.5%
Hispanic / Latino (694) 99.3%
Students w/ disabilities (101) 97.0%
Black / African Am. (57) 94.7%
White (46) 95.7%
English learners (34) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

West Adams Preparatory Hs 80.9% Manual Arts Senior High 78.2% New Open World Academy K-12 91.1% Youthbuild Charter School Of California 27.4%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
17.1%
45 of 263 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
25.2% · school is better than 73% 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 = 59
71.2%
incl. 33.9% exceeded
+13.2 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 59
18.6%
incl. 6.8% exceeded
-6.4 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 80%
White 7% -1.1
Black / African Am. 7%
Asian 3%
Two or more 1%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 89% +3.5

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).

Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 14% (69→59 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -0%.
  • At its recent rate (-3.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~753 by 2029 — about 72 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

825 students (2026)
~753 projected (2029)
at -3.0%/yr

That's about 72 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
Thirty-Second Street Usc Performing Arts Public 825 -14%
Peer-group median 19.5% -0%
West Adams Preparatory Hs Public 799 18.9% -33%
Manual Arts Senior High School Public 902 27.1% -6%
Manual Arts Senior High Public 902 -33%
New Open World Academy K-12 Public 791 +17%
Youthbuild Charter School Of California Public 881 -60%
Girls Academic Leadership Academy, Dr. Michelle King School For Sci, Tech, Eng And Math Public 712 +84%
Downtown Business High Public 791 -10%
Dr Maya Angelou Community Hs Public 909 18.8% +61%
Los Angeles Senior High School Public 891 20.2% +14%
Los Angeles Senior High Public 891 +6%

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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