Environmental Charter High - Lawndale
Lawndale · Los Angeles County · Lawndale Elementary · Public
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- The UC pipeline here is real. 65 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 122 seniors puts this school in roughly the top 9% of California high schools.
- 9 in 10 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 95% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
- Families don't leave. 95% of students who start the year here finish it here — top-tier retention statewide. Kids stay; that tells you something no test score does.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 9 of this class's 218 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.
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 admits by campus · Class of 2024
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
Get my child's odds + our real costs →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
California College-Going Rate
86.2% 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.
Give the same class four more months and 87% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 107 students.
Down 3.1 points from the 2021-22 class (89.3%).
Where the 2022-23 class enrolled
In California — 105 students (85.4%)
Out of state — 1 students (0.8%)
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.
How Environmental Charter High - Lawndale compares for families
Top-tier college outcomes for California families.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 53 — 34 points above the California median of 19. Ahead of 91% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally📘 Top 10% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 53 vs a 24 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.
Absenteeism is up 11.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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 (-0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~514 | -3 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~507 | -10 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~500 | -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 Environmental Charter High - Lawndale really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #1 of 9 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.
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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.
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +6.1% vs. county -5.3%) AND maintains 95.2% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
24 of 500 students who enrolled at Environmental Charter High - Lawndale this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.8% 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.
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale sent 218 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 29.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 53 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 34 points above the California median of 19, higher than 91% of California high schools. The school produces 7.4 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
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Higher than 91% of California high schools (1096 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale's UC Reach Score of 53 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (52) — meaning roughly 53 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 88 — a gap of 35 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Environmental Charter High - Lawndale's UC Reach is higher than 91% of California high schools (1096 ranked).
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 26 | 5 | —† | 19.2% | 4 | — | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 47 | 4 | 3 | 8.5% | 3 | 75.0% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 42 | 19 | 4 | 45.2% | 16 | 21.1% | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 38 | 11 | —† | 28.9% | 9 | — | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 51 | 18 | 8 | 35.3% | 15 | 44.4% | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 14 | 8 | —† | 57.1% | 7 | — | — | —† |
What This Means
For School Admins
The full Reach Report for Environmental Charter High - Lawndale
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