Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-High Ability Magnet

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No UC admissions data on file for Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-High Ability Magnet.

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
816 (2018)739 (2026)
-9.4%

If this trend holds (-1.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~730 -9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~712 -27 $0
5 yr (2031) ~695 -44 $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
94.4%
729 of 772 students

43 of 772 students who enrolled at Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-High Ability Magnet this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 82nd percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 83rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (237) 95.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (226) 92.5%
Asian (211) 93.8%
Hispanic / Latino (133) 88.7%
Two or more races (59) 93.2%
Students w/ disabilities (56) 94.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Pomelo Community Charter 95.7% Woodland Hills Elementary Charter For Enriched Studies 91.2% Woodland Hills Academy 81.8% Magnolia Science Academy 90.4% Woodlake Elementary Community Charter 91.6%

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
6.5%
50 of 766 students

Absenteeism is up 5.0 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 96% 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).

Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-High Ability Magnet — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~712 by 2029 — about 27 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

739 students (2026)
~712 projected (2029)
at -1.2%/yr

That's about 27 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
Welby Way Charter Elementary School And Gifted-High Ability Magnet Public 739
Peer-group median 13.9% -10%
Pomelo Community Charter Public 641
Woodland Hills Elementary Charter For Enriched Studies Public 621
Woodland Hills Academy Public 602
Magnolia Science Academy Public 678 17.3% +6%
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter Public 538
Northridge Academy High School Public 767 10.5% -26%
Wilbur Charter For Enriched Academics Public 583
Serrania Avenue Charter For Enriched Studies Public 519
Justice Street Academy Charter Public 470
Topeka Charter School For Advanced Studies Public 581

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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