Launch Virtual Academy

Chula Vista · San Diego County · Sweetwater Union High · Public

Public San Diego County 🏛 Sweetwater Union High → ~164 seniors CDS 3768411…

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Academic signals

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

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

51.2%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

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.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 96

58.3%

incl. 22.9% exceeded

-2.3 pts vs. San Diego County median (60.6%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 94

31.9%

incl. 16.0% exceeded

+7.5 pts above San Diego County median (24.4%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

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

Hispanic / Latino 81% +6.0

White 6% -4.5

Filipino 4%

Two or more 4% +1.3

Black / African Am. 3% -2.0

Asian 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 62% +5.3

English learners 25% -1.5

Socioeconomically disadv. 10% +3.7

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.

Chronic absent

79.6%

555 of 697 students

Absenteeism is up 12.5 pp since 2021-22. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median

18.9% · school is worse than 96% of 117 HS

Statewide median

22.9%

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 (9–12)

634 (2022) → 694 (2026)

+9.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

93 (2022) → 205 (2026)

+120.4%

If this trend holds (+1.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~707	+13	$0
3 yr (2029)	~733	+39	$0
5 yr (2031)	~760	+66	$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.

Launch Virtual Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Chula Vista · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸Senior-class enrollment is up 120% (93→205 from 2022 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.3%/yr); projects to ~743 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

694 students (2026)

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~743 projected (2029)

at +2.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach Score	Enroll. trend
Launch Virtual Academy	Public	694	—	+120%
Peer-group median			21	-12%
High Tech High Chula Vista	Public	628	36	-12%
Mar Vista High School	Public	1190	14	-21%
Castle Park High School	Public	1318	17	-2%
Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista	Public	466	—	-7%
Health Sciences High And Middle College	Public	552	—	-13%
Coronado High School	Public	990	29	-14%
Chula Vista Learning Community Charter	Public	1357	—	+40%
Southwest Senior High	Public	1567	20	-27%
Montgomery High School	Public	1546	22	-19%
The Learning Choice Academy - East County	Public	529	—	+12%

UC Reach Score = 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 San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating San Diego County (+120.4% vs. -7.5%), but 295 of 740 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 80.5% (up +13.4 pts from 2021-22) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+120.4% school enrollment (2022–2026)

-7.5% San Diego County baseline

+127.9pp gap vs. county

60.1% retention (county median 88.5%)

Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2022

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

60.1%

445 of 740 students

295 of 740 students who enrolled at Launch Virtual Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (39.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median

88.5% · school is in the 21st percentile of 121 HS

Statewide median

87.2% · in the 21st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (745) 53.2%

Socio. disadvantaged (581) 53.9%

English learners (241) 49.4%

Students w/ disabilities (90) 46.7%

White (83) 61.4%

Black / African Am. (43) 48.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Mar Vista High School 82.9% Castle Park High School 84.0% Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista 85.0% Health Sciences High And Middle College 87.4%

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.

District financial profile — Sweetwater Union High (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

$646.0M

+11.4% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$17,430

37,060 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 58.9%
Local: 32.0%
Federal: 9.1%

Instruction share

53.4%

of current spending · $7,362/pupil

Long-term debt

$482.5M

+22.4% 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 Sweetwater Union High 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025

UC Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

7 applications

In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241 · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

None / 7 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

None enrolled of None admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

None enrollees / 164 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

30%

37 of 123 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -25.8 pp vs. median · San Diego Co. 63.4%.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

164

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

578

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.93

UC Outcomes Trend — 2023–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC San Diego → Selective	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.93	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: UC Reach sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It measures competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why it can exceed 100%.

Compare with other schools → See San Diego County rankings →

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