Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts is a 7-8 school.

It serves grades 7-8 (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.

Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts

Fullerton · Orange County · Fullerton Elementary · Public

Public Orange County Fullerton Elementary → CDS 3066506…
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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 Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts compares for families

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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 Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 261 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.
261:1
2.8 FTE counselors · 731 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 76 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.

16% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
16.3%
138 of 845 students

Absenteeism is up 9.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Orange County median
16.4% · school is better than 51% of 144 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
966 (2018)731 (2026)
-24.3%

If this trend holds (-3.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~705 -26 $0
3 yr (2029) ~657 -74 $0
5 yr (2031) ~611 -120 $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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Ball Junior High · D. Russell Parks Junior High · Brookhurst Junior High · California Iinspire Academy · Golden Hill School For Creative & Performing Arts · Brea Junior High · +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 Orange County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

93% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
93.4%
798 of 854 students

56 of 854 students who enrolled at Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Orange County median
91.8% · school is in the 65th percentile of 145 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 77th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (547) 93.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (544) 93.2%
White (163) 95.7%
Students w/ disabilities (133) 94.7%
English learners (93) 89.2%
Asian (58) 89.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Ball Junior High 85.5% D. Russell Parks Junior High 96.2% Brookhurst Junior High 86.7% California Iinspire Academy 94.0% Golden Hill School For Creative & Performing Arts 92.6%

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.

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