California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley
· Los Angeles County · Duarte Unified · Public
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UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ Statewide27.7% UC Reach — 9.6 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 70% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally📘 Top 5% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (27.7% UC Reach vs 18.1% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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.
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
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.
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.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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
If this trend holds (+7.8%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,102 | +80 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,281 | +259 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,490 | +468 | $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.
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 28% vs. a peer median of 18%.
- ▸California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 50% in 2024 to 28% in 2025 — a 22-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 up 172% (90→245 from 2019 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -14%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+12.2%/yr); projects to ~1445 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley | Public | 1022 | 27.7% | +172% |
| Peer-group median | 18.1% | -14% | ||
| Covina High School | Public | 1001 | 21.8% | -13% |
| Mountain View High School | Public | 1124 | 113.6% | -9% |
| Northview High School | Public | 1236 | 15.6% | -7% |
| Duarte High School | Public | 692 | 17.5% | -1% |
| San Marino High School | Public | 961 | 72.2% | -27% |
| Monrovia High School | Public | 1355 | 12.2% | -14% |
| South El Monte High School | Public | 1080 | 18.8% | -1% |
| Baldwin Park High School | Public | 1344 | 9.7% | -17% |
| Pasadena High School | Public | 1197 | 27.1% | -20% |
| Charter Oak High School | Public | 1241 | 15.3% | -18% |
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 →
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.
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +172.2% vs. county -8.1%) AND maintains 95.4% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
46 of 996 students who enrolled at California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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 — Duarte 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.
Local: 33.4%
Federal: 11.6%
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 Duarte 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).
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley sent 373 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 27.7% — 9.6 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 70% of California high schools. The school produces 7.7 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+9.6 pp above peer median (18.1%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
18.1%
51.2%
27.7%
Higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley's UC Reach of 27.7% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 70 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley's UC Reach is higher than 70% of California high schools (978 ranked).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 55 | 11 | 4 | 20.0% | 4.7% | 36.4% | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 90 | 7 | 5 | 7.8% | 3.0% | 71.4% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 49 | 7 | —† | 14.3% | 3.0% | — | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 49 | 18 | 6 | 36.7% | 7.7% | 33.3% | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 95 | 7 | —† | 7.4% | 3.0% | — | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 35 | 15 | —† | 42.9% | 6.4% | — | — | —† |
What This Means
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