Canyon Charter Elementary is a K-5 school.

It serves grades K-5 (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.

Canyon Charter Elementary

Santa Monica · Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified · Public

Public Los Angeles County Los Angeles Unified → CDS 1964733…
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Top 1% Math proficiency in CA Top 5% ELA proficiency in CA Top 6 Math proficiency in Los Angeles Top 10% ELA proficiency in Los Angeles

At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Canyon Charter Elementary compares for families

What families should know about Canyon Charter Elementary.

  • Locally🧮 Top 1% in California on Math proficiency — plus 3 more top-ranks.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Palisades Charter Elementary, Community Magnet Charter Elementary, Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

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.

Kids show up: 8% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
7.5%
31 of 414 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Los Angeles County median
22.8% · school is better than 94% of 693 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
388 (2018)342 (2026)
-11.9%

If this trend holds (-1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~338 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~332 -10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~325 -17 $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 Canyon Charter Elementary really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Palisades Charter Elementary · Community Magnet Charter Elementary · Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter · Emerson Community Charter · New Los Angeles Charter · Citizens Of The World Charter School Mar Vista · +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 Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

43% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.
Stability rate
43.3%
184 of 425 students

241 of 425 students who enrolled at Canyon Charter Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (56.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.2% · school is in the 8th percentile of 700 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 9th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

White (200) 46.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (76) 40.8%
Two or more races (43) 53.5%
Hispanic / Latino (38) 31.6%
Students w/ disabilities (36) 55.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Palisades Charter Elementary 69.2% Community Magnet Charter Elementary 97.7% Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter 84.8% Emerson Community Charter 84.3% New Los Angeles Charter 96.6%

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 — 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).

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