Language Academy is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-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.

Language Academy

San Diego · San Diego County · San Diego Unified · Public

Public San Diego County San Diego Unified → CDS 3768338…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Language Academy compares for families

What families should know about Language Academy.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: La Mesa Arts Academy, Parkway Sports And Health Science Academy, Feaster (mae L.) Charter 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 Language Academy has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 761 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
761:1
1.4 FTE counselors · 1,065 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 424 more 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
13.5%
138 of 1,020 students

Absenteeism is up 4.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is better than 66% of 208 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
998 (2018)1,065 (2026)
+6.7%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,068 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,073 +8 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,078 +13 $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 Language Academy really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

La Mesa Arts Academy · Parkway Sports And Health Science Academy · Feaster (mae L.) Charter · Discovery Charter · Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa · Flying Hills School Of Arts · +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 San Diego 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: 97% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
97.3%
1,001 of 1,029 students

28 of 1,029 students who enrolled at Language Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 97th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 96th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (554) 98.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (474) 96.2%
White (254) 96.9%
Students w/ disabilities (147) 94.6%
English learners (122) 96.7%
Black / African Am. (98) 93.9%

Nearest peer high schools

La Mesa Arts Academy 94.9% Parkway Sports And Health Science Academy 86.7% Feaster (mae L.) Charter 85.8% Discovery Charter 94.0% Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa 81.3%

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 — San Diego 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
$2239.7M
+17.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$22,861
97,968 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 24.2%
Local: 65.2%
Federal: 10.6%
Instruction share
58.6%
of current spending · $9,592/pupil
Long-term debt
$5186.5M
+29.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Diego 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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