Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter

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No UC admissions data on file for Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter.

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
399 (2018)435 (2026)
+9.0%

If this trend holds (+1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~440 +5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~449 +14 $0
5 yr (2031) ~459 +24 $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
97.0%
414 of 427 students

13 of 427 students who enrolled at Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 95th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 96th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Black / African Am. (346) 97.1%
Socio. disadvantaged (313) 96.5%
Hispanic / Latino (61) 95.1%
Students w/ disabilities (26) 100.0%
English learners (21) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

New Opportunities Charter 9.1% Yes Academy 75.8% Century Community Charter 98.0% Morningside High School 72.5% Teach Academy Of Technologies 80.0%

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
8.0%
34 of 424 students

Absenteeism is up 5.9 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 93% 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 — Inglewood 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
$195.3M
+11.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,562
7,950 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 44.5%
Local: 40.0%
Federal: 15.5%
Instruction share
57.3%
of current spending · $9,164/pupil
Long-term debt
$155.4M
+50.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Inglewood 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).

Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.1%/yr); projects to ~449 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

435 students (2026)
~449 projected (2029)
at +1.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Public 435
Peer-group median 14.9% -43%
New Opportunities Charter Public 439 -49%
Yes Academy Public 443
Century Community Charter Public 449
Morningside High School Public 454 14.9% -37%
Teach Academy Of Technologies Public 439
Icef Inglewood Elementary Charter Academy Public 383
Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy Public 393
Open Charter Magnet Public 380
Gerald A. Lawson Academy Of The Arts, Mathematics And Science Public 443
Icef View Park Preparatory Elementary Public 484

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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