Zane Grey Continuation

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No UC admissions data on file for Zane Grey Continuation.

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)
76 (2018)61 (2026)
-19.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
24 (2018)19 (2026)
-20.8%

If this trend holds (-2.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~59 -2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~56 -5 $0
5 yr (2031) ~53 -8 $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.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -20.8% vs. county -8.2% AND stability (33.1%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 93.3% (up +4.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-20.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-12.6pp  gap vs. county
33.1%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
33.1%
43 of 130 students

87 of 130 students who enrolled at Zane Grey Continuation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (66.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 9th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 8th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (126) 33.3%
Hispanic / Latino (101) 32.7%
Students w/ disabilities (28) 39.3%

Nearest peer high schools

John R. Wooden High 35.2% Owensmouth Continuation 16.9% Independence Continuation 37.8% Albert Einstein Continuation 14.7% Jane Addams Continuation 13.7%

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
93.3%
112 of 120 students

Absenteeism is up 4.6 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 worse than 99% 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 = 28
10.7%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-47.3 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 25
8.0%
incl. 4.0% exceeded
-17.0 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% +2.1
Black / African Am. 12% +6.9
White 8% -3.3

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 92% -3.6

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).

Zane Grey Continuation — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 21% (24→19 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -24%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~56 by 2029 — about 5 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

61 students (2026)
~56 projected (2029)
at -2.7%/yr

That's about 5 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
Zane Grey Continuation Public 61 -21%
Peer-group median -24%
John R. Wooden High Public 69 -25%
Owensmouth Continuation Public 60 -23%
Independence Continuation Public 79 +12%
Albert Einstein Continuation Public 52 +80%
Jane Addams Continuation Public 56 -76%
Jack London Continuation Public 67 -19%
Henry David Thoreau Continuation Public 45 -76%
Amelia Earhart Continuation Public 65 +3%
Evergreen Continuation Public 57 -30%
William Tell Aggeler Opportunity High Public 45 -43%

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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