Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy is a 6-8 school.

It serves grades 6-8 (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.

Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy

Whittier · Los Angeles County · Whittier City · Public

Public Los Angeles County Whittier City → CDS 1965110…
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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 Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy compares for families

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Monterey Highlands Elementary, Cedarlane Academy, La Merced Academy 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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
About 302 students per counselor — typical for California, though well above the 250 experts recommend.
302:1
3.0 FTE counselors · 906 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 35 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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: 14% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
14.3%
129 of 904 students

Absenteeism is up 5.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.8% · school is better than 77% 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
760 (2018)906 (2026)
+19.2%

If this trend holds (+2.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~925 +19 $0
3 yr (2029) ~963 +57 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,004 +98 $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.

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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.

Families don't leave: 95% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
94.9%
867 of 914 students

47 of 914 students who enrolled at Katherine Edwards Middle School Steam & Dual Immersion Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.2% · school is in the 84th percentile of 700 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 85th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (854) 94.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (709) 94.6%
Students w/ disabilities (153) 93.5%
English learners (77) 90.9%
White (23) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Monterey Highlands Elementary 94.1% Cedarlane Academy 91.6% La Merced Academy 92.5% River Islands Technology Academy Ii 92.9% Walker Junior High 94.4%

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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