Ballington Academy For The Arts And Sciences is a K-6 school.

It serves grades K-6 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Ballington Academy For The Arts And Sciences

El Centro · Imperial County · El Centro Elementary · Public

Public Imperial County El Centro Elementary → CDS 1363123…
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#1 Math proficiency in Imperial

How Ballington Academy For The Arts And Sciences compares for families

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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.

16% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
16.0%
39 of 243 students

Absenteeism is in the typical CA HS range. Worth monitoring alongside the demand and retention signals above.

Imperial County median
23.1% · school is better than 83% of 18 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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
299 (2018)250 (2026)
-16.4%

If this trend holds (-3.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~242 -8 $0
3 yr (2029) ~227 -23 $0
5 yr (2031) ~213 -37 $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.

How does Ballington Academy For The Arts And Sciences really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Imperial Valley Home School Academy · Wilson Jr. High · William Moreno Junior High · Enrique Camarena Jr. High · Barbara Worth Junior High · Eje Middle Academy · +4 more

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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 Imperial County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

84% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
84.5%
218 of 258 students

40 of 258 students who enrolled at Ballington Academy For The Arts And Sciences this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Imperial County median
89.9% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 18 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 32nd percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (250) 84.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (201) 86.6%
English learners (93) 88.2%
Students w/ disabilities (36) 86.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Imperial Valley Home School Academy 90.1% Wilson Jr. High 89.4% William Moreno Junior High 91.2% Enrique Camarena Jr. High 92.2% Barbara Worth Junior High 92.1%

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.

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