Daniel Pearl Magnet High School

Van Nuys · Los Angeles County · Public

Public Los Angeles County ~57 seniors CDS 1964733…

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25 UC Reach Score · Around the CA median Top 25% Math · SBAC (CA)

A parent's read

8 in 10 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 80% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
Worth asking about: attendance. 29% of students are chronically absent — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement; absenteeism is usually the earliest warning light.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Around the CA median near the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCSB

4 admitted

Net $16,109/yr avg

Grads earn $74,915 @10yr

UCI

3 admitted

Net $14,251/yr avg

Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

UCD

7 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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How Daniel Pearl Magnet High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 25 — 6 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 62% of California high schools.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Horace Mann UCLA Community School, Central High, North Park Continuation High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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.

About half of students read and write at grade level — about the state norm.

About 4 in 10 students do math at grade level — the top quarter of California high schools.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 32

53.1%

incl. 21.9% exceeded

-6.0 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 32

37.5%

incl. 12.5% exceeded

+12.1 pts above 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 62% +4.0

White 28% +1.5

Black / African Am. 5%

Two or more 3%

Asian 1% -2.7

Not reported 1%

Filipino 1% -2.0

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 79% +7.4

Students w/ disabilities 8% -10.9

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.

29% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

28.9%

54 of 187 students

Absenteeism is up 17.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median

25.1% · school is worse than 58% 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)

224 (2024) → 151 (2026)

-32.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

50 (2024) → 29 (2026)

-42.0%

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.

80% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -42.0% vs. county -12.0% AND stability (79.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-42.0% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-12.0% Los Angeles County baseline

-30.0pp gap vs. county

79.5% retention (county median 87.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

79.5%

163 of 205 students

42 of 205 students who enrolled at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (20.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 24th percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 28th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (162) 79.6%

Hispanic / Latino (117) 81.2%

White (58) 77.6%

Students w/ disabilities (45) 84.4%

English learners (26) 73.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Horace Mann UCLA Community School 81.7% Central High 15.0% North Park Continuation High 29.6% New Designs Charter School Watts 77.7% Magnolia Science Academy 6 92.5%

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.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School sent 66 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 21.2% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 25 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 6 points above the California median of 19, higher than 62% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 25 ⓘ 14 admits (counted at each UC) / 57 seniors methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Top 10%
53

This school
25

050100

CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 25

Higher than 62% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School's UC Reach Score of 25 is above the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95 — a gap of 70 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School's UC Reach is higher than 62% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

116

66 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 238 · higher than 65% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

21.2%

14 / 66 applications

In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 22% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 14 admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 57 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 8 in 10 finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.

80%

41 of 51 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +24.5 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

12.3

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.9 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.2 · higher than 35% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

183

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.04

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.15

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

Who's actually getting into UC from Daniel Pearl Magnet High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley (2018)	4.25	4.31	+0.06	50.0%	Peers +0.12 · wider
UCLA (2018)	4.07	4.33	+0.26	29.4%	Peers +0.24 · matches
UC San Diego (2018)	4.14	4.29	+0.15	63.6%	Peers +0.19 · wider
UC Santa Barbara (2018)	3.90	4.33	+0.43	27.8%	Peers +0.30 · steeper
UC Irvine (2019)	4.01	4.20	+0.19	42.1%	Peers +0.21 · matches
UC Davis	4.02	4.15	+0.13	77.8%	Peers +0.20 · wider

Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Daniel Pearl Magnet High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 13.9 points above what their GPAs predict (45.2% actual vs. 31.3% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.13	—^†
UCLA → Elite	13	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.01	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	4.04	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	9	4	—^†	44.4%	7	—	4.03	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	13	3	—^†	23.1%	5	—	4.04	—^†
UC Davis →	9	7	—^†	77.8%	12	—	4.02	4.15

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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