Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Public · Long Beach · Los Angeles County · 3,835 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
27
Around the CA median
near the state median
Higher than 68% of California high schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 10
2025 · 27
+33%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+41.3 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~3681
5-yr projected enrollment (154 fewer than today)
- ▸Long Beach Polytechnic High School's most recent UC Reach Score is 27 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors).
- ▸Long Beach Polytechnic High School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 44 in 2018 to 27 in 2025 — a 17-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Long Beach Polytechnic High School is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.984) alone would predict (26% 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 33% (720→958 from 2018 to 2026).
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~3681 by 2029 — about 154 fewer students than today.
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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