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Antelope Valley Learning Academy

Palmdale · Los Angeles County · Palmdale Elementary · Public

Public Los Angeles County Palmdale Elementary → CDS 1964857…
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California College-Going Rate

31.9% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months
31.9%
of 166 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 34.3% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 57 students.

Down 2.1 points from the 2021-22 class (34%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 48 students (28.9%)

University of California 0.0% 0
California State University 1.2% 2
California Community College 27.1% 45
California private college 0.6% 1

Out of state — 5 students (3.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 1.8% 3
Out-of-state 2-year 1.2% 2

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Antelope Valley Learning Academy has a UC admissions record.

A-G Completion
Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.
4%
3 of 84 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -52.3 pp vs. median · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.

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.

About 1 in 3 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.
Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 131
30.5%
incl. 5.3% exceeded
-28.6 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 132
5.3%
incl. 1.5% exceeded
-20.1 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.4%) · CA median 21.4% · 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 77% -2.0
Black / African Am. 14% +3.4
White 6%
Two or more 2%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 89% -1.2
Students w/ disabilities 23% +5.1
English learners 12% -2.4

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.

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.

45% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
45.2%
556 of 1,229 students

Absenteeism is down 4.1 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median
25.1% · school is worse than 82% of 407 HS
Statewide median
22.8%
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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,646 (2018)911 (2026)
-44.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
139 (2018)61 (2026)
-56.1%

If this trend holds (-8.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~837 -74 $0
3 yr (2029) ~706 -205 $0
5 yr (2031) ~596 -315 $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.

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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.

52% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.
Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -56.1% vs. county -5.3% AND stability (52.3%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 39.5% (up -9.8 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-56.1%  senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)
-5.3%  Los Angeles County baseline
-50.8pp  gap vs. county
52.3%  retention (county median 87.7%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
52.3%
698 of 1,335 students

637 of 1,335 students who enrolled at Antelope Valley Learning Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (47.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.7% · school is in the 15th percentile of 413 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 18th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,382) 52.4%
Hispanic / Latino (1,188) 52.7%
Students w/ disabilities (350) 55.4%
English learners (222) 56.3%
Black / African Am. (215) 47.4%
White (115) 53.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Palmdale Academy Charter 86.0% SOAR High School 95.0% Littlerock High School 81.3% Antelope Valley High School 75.0% Desert Sands Charter 48.1%

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.

District financial profile — Palmdale Elementary (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
$389.7M
+3.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$22,236
17,525 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 65.8%
Local: 12.9%
Federal: 21.2%
Instruction share
53.7%
of current spending · $8,401/pupil
Long-term debt
$144.7M
+8.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Palmdale Elementary 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).

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