Liberty High

· Riverside County · Perris Union High · Public

Public Riverside County 🏛 Perris Union High → ~616 seniors CDS 3367207…
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

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

🎓 Where grads go

19.2% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB
5 admitted
UCLA
7 admitted
4 enrolled
UCSD
43 admitted
15 enrolled
UCSB
9 admitted
UCI
41 admitted
15 enrolled
UCD
13 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Liberty High compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

  • Statewide19.2% UC Reach — right around the California median of 18.1%.
  • vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (19.2% UC Reach vs 13.6% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

53.4%
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 = 569
62.4%
incl. 27.6% exceeded
+12.7 pts above Riverside County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 563
22.2%
incl. 6.4% exceeded
+6.5 pts above Riverside County median (15.7%) · 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 46% -1.5
White 25%
Two or more 9%
Black / African Am. 8%
Filipino 7%
Asian 3% +1.1
Not reported 1% +1.0

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 52%
Socioeconomically disadv. 15%
English learners 4% +1.3
Homeless 3% +1.4

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
21.4%
554 of 2,587 students

Absenteeism is in the typical CA HS range. Worth monitoring alongside the demand and retention signals above.

Riverside County median
28.9% · school is better than 71% of 94 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)
978 (2022)2,476 (2026)
+153.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
450 (2024)602 (2026)
+33.8%

If this trend holds (+24.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~3,094 +618 $0
3 yr (2029) ~4,830 +2354 $0
5 yr (2031) ~7,541 +5065 $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.

Liberty High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Liberty High sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 11): 19% vs. a peer median of 14%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 15 points since 2024.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Liberty High is admitting at roughly +13 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.872) alone would predict (33% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 34% (450→602 from 2024 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -6%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+26.1%/yr); projects to ~4969 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

2476 students (2026)
~4969 projected (2029)
at +26.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Liberty High Public 2476 19.2% +34%
Peer-group median 13.6% -6%
Paloma Valley High School Public 2639 11.7% -17%
Heritage High Public 2396 14.0% -16%
Murrieta Valley High School Public 2174 17.5% -11%
Vista Murrieta High School Public 3375 17.6% -0%
Santa Rosa Academy Public 1708 2.5% -9%
Murrieta Mesa High School Public 2026 13.4% -12%
Hemet High School Public 2478 9.1% -1%
Temecula Valley High School Public 2703 24.9% -2%
Chaparral High School Public 3264 13.7% +3%
West Valley High School Public 1854 5.8% +5%

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 Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Liberty High outperformed Riverside County on enrollment (school +33.8% vs. county -6.9%) AND maintains 90.0% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+33.8%  school enrollment (2024–2026)
-6.9%  Riverside County baseline
+40.7pp  gap vs. county
90.0%  retention (county median 85.4%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2024
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
90.0%
2,368 of 2,630 students

262 of 2,630 students who enrolled at Liberty High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (10.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Riverside County median
85.4% · school is in the 81st percentile of 94 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 65th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,449) 87.6%
Hispanic / Latino (1,221) 89.4%
White (639) 89.4%
Students w/ disabilities (402) 85.3%
Two or more races (234) 91.0%
Black / African Am. (221) 83.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Paloma Valley High School 86.2% Heritage High 85.9% Murrieta Valley High School 92.3% Vista Murrieta High School 91.2% Santa Rosa Academy 89.8%

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 — Perris 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
$256.7M
+64.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$23,528
10,910 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 63.8%
Local: 26.4%
Federal: 9.8%
Instruction share
57.3%
of current spending · $7,652/pupil
Long-term debt
$294.3M
+131.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Perris 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).

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Liberty High sent 360 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 32.8% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 19.2%1.1 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 53% of California high schools. The school produces 1.9 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
19%
118 admits / 616 seniors
+5.6 pp above peer median (13.6%) · Ranked #2 of 11 similar schools
5-year trend
2024 · 4.4% 2025 · 19.2%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
13.6%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
19.2%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 19.2%

Higher than 53% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Liberty High's UC Reach of 19.2% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 78 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Liberty High's UC Reach is higher than 53% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
58.4%
360 applications
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Riverside Co. Top 10% ≥ 97.9% · higher than 37% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
32.8%
118 / 360 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 76% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
28.8%
34 enrolled of 118 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
5.5%
34 enrollees / 616 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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
63%
370 of 586 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +7.2 pp above.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
17.0
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 56% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
1.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 27% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
616
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
2,537
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.87
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.17

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Liberty High
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UCLA Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC Berkeley 3.94 4.22 +0.28 15.6% Peers +0.26 · matches
UCLA 3.95 4.22 +0.27 9.7% Peers +0.29 · matches
UC San Diego 3.85 4.16 +0.31 44.3% Peers +0.34 · matches
UC Santa Barbara 3.81 4.22 +0.41 20.5% Peers +0.35 · steeper
UC Irvine 3.82 4.14 +0.32 44.6% Peers +0.32 · matches
UC Davis 3.94 4.18 +0.25 56.5% Peers +0.23 · matches
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Liberty High sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 12.9 points above what their GPAs predict (32.8% actual vs. 19.8% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (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 Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 32 5 15.6% 0.8% 3.94 4.22
UCLA → Elite 72 7 4 9.7% 1.1% 57.1% 3.95 4.22
UC San Diego → Selective 97 43 15 44.3% 7.0% 34.9% 3.85 4.16
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 44 9 20.5% 1.5% 3.81 4.22
UC Irvine → Selective 92 41 15 44.6% 6.7% 36.6% 3.82 4.14
UC Davis → 23 13 56.5% 2.1% 3.94 4.18
= 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 large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
Compare with other schools → See Riverside County rankings →

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