Woodruff Academy

· Los Angeles County · Downey Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Woodruff 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
10 (2018)11 (2026)
+10.0%

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) ~11 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~11 +0 $0
5 yr (2031) ~12 +1 $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
52.4%
11 of 21 students

10 of 21 students who enrolled at Woodruff Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (47.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 16th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 18th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (23) 47.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (23) 52.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Theodore Roosevelt High School 84.9%

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
71.4%
15 of 21 students

Absenteeism is up 48.3 pp since 2017-18. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is worse than 89% 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).

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% -20.0
Black / African Am. 20%

Program subgroups

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 — Downey 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
$421.0M
+39.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,952
22,216 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 67.3%
Local: 21.1%
Federal: 11.7%
Instruction share
64.5%
of current spending · $9,619/pupil
Long-term debt
$261.0M
+157.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Downey 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).

Woodruff Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for Woodruff Academy to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.

Enrollment projection

11 students (2026)
~11 projected (2029)
at +1.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Woodruff Academy Public 11
Peer-group median -41%
Warren High School Public
Theodore Roosevelt High School Public
Ellen Ochoa Prep Academy Public
International Studies Learning Public
Bell Gardens Senior Hs Public
Bell Gardens Adult Public
Tracy (wilbur) High (continuation) Public 83 -74%
Somerset High Public 87 -41%
Valiente College Preparatory Charter Public 108
Vista High Public 170 -2%

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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