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Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy

· Los Angeles County · Whittier City · Public

Public Los Angeles County 🏛 Whittier City → CDS 1965110…
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

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

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How Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy compares for families

What families should know about Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lou Henry Hoover School Of Fine Arts, South Ranchito Dual Language Academy, Mill School And Technology Academy 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.

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.

Chronic absent
24.3%
88 of 362 students

Absenteeism is up 6.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is worse than 54% of 669 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
432 (2018)341 (2026)
-21.1%

If this trend holds (-3.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~330 -11 $0
3 yr (2029) ~309 -32 $0
5 yr (2031) ~289 -52 $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.

Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~312 by 2029 — about 29 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

341 students (2026)
~312 projected (2029)
at -2.9%/yr

That's about 29 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Score Enroll. trend
Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy Public 341
Peer-group median +7%
Lou Henry Hoover School Of Fine Arts Public 337
South Ranchito Dual Language Academy Public 346
Mill School And Technology Academy Public 335
Frontier High (continuation) Public 304 +7%
Birney Tech Academy Public 351
Christian Sorensen Science Academy Public 411
Sierra Vista High (alternative) Public 264 -34%
Valencia Academy Of The Arts Public 404
Columbus (christopher) High Public 322 +32%
Sunset High School Public 327

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

Stability rate
85.6%
321 of 375 students

54 of 375 students who enrolled at Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 34th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 37th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (338) 85.2%
Hispanic / Latino (332) 86.4%
Students w/ disabilities (81) 85.2%
English learners (73) 80.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Lou Henry Hoover School Of Fine Arts 87.2% South Ranchito Dual Language Academy 90.6% Mill School And Technology Academy 87.1% Frontier High (continuation) 42.2% Birney Tech Academy 91.4%

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.

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