Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Academy of the Canyons
Public · Santa Clarita · Los Angeles County · 375 students · Class of 2025
★ Top 10% UC Reach
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
68
Excellent
top 6% in California
Higher than 96% of California high schools
+34.1 pp above peer median (34)
· Ranked #1 of 3 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 71
2025 · 68
-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+6.2 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~364
5-yr projected enrollment (11 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Academy of the Canyons sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 3): 68 vs. a peer median of 34.
- ▸Academy of the Canyons's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 102 in 2020 to 68 in 2025 — a 34-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (100→98 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -18%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Academy of the Canyons only shrank 2%. So Academy of the Canyons picked up about 6 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~364 by 2029 — about 11 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman (jereann) High (continuation) | Public | — | -39% |
| Puc Lakeview Charter High | Public | — | -19% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase) | Public | — | -17% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Social Justice Humanitas Academy | Public | — | -24% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy | Public | — | -15% |
| Sotomayor Arts And Sciences Magnet | Public | — | +52% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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