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Katherine Johnson Stem Academy

· Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified · Public

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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, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Katherine Johnson Stem Academy compares for families

What families should know about Katherine Johnson Stem Academy.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Loyola Village Fine And Performing Arts Magnet, Magnolia Science Academy 4, Icef Vista Middle 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.

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.

Chronic absent
20.7%
29 of 140 students

Absenteeism is up 8.2 pp since 2017-18. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 58% of 669 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
111 (2018)144 (2026)
+29.7%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~143 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~142 -2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~141 -3 $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.

Katherine Johnson Stem Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.3%/yr); projects to ~159 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

144 students (2026)
~159 projected (2029)
at +3.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Katherine Johnson Stem Academy Public 144
Peer-group median 19.5% +13%
Loyola Village Fine And Performing Arts Magnet Public 120
Magnolia Science Academy 4 Public 123 +12%
Icef Vista Middle Academy Public 193
New Los Angeles Charter Elementary Public 175
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle Public 217
Wish Academy High School Public 283 12.7% +19%
R. K. Lloyde High Public 227 +13%
Icef Vista Elementary Academy Public 270
Animo Venice Charter Hs Public 265 26.4% -50%
Icef View Park Preparatory Middle Public 245

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.

Stability rate
66.7%
98 of 147 students

49 of 147 students who enrolled at Katherine Johnson Stem Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (33.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 12th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 15th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (102) 73.5%
Black / African Am. (78) 70.5%
Hispanic / Latino (37) 73.0%
Students w/ disabilities (34) 76.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Loyola Village Fine And Performing Arts Magnet 85.7% Magnolia Science Academy 4 81.3% Icef Vista Middle Academy 97.0% New Los Angeles Charter Elementary 84.1% Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle 97.1%

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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