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Mission High School

San Fernando · Los Angeles County · San Francisco Unified · Public

Public Los Angeles County San Francisco Unified → CDS 3868478…

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8 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features

8 AP courses offered — Elite
Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Gifted & talented program
3 calculus classes · 13 physics · 3 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: 73rd percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 80% in 2019 (Bottom 27% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

How Mission High School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 73rd percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mission Senior High School, Mission High, Phillip & Sala Burton Academy High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

73rd percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Math ✓

Students taking AP courses

174

≈18 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

3 calculus · 3 advanced

Lab science classes

13 physics · 3 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program
Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 27% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

80%

Single-point estimate

4-year cohort size

284

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

62.5%

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Mission High School has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 180 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

180:1

5.26 FTE counselors · 948 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 157 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

6 in 10 graduates finish the UC/CSU course requirements — about the state norm.

62%

130 of 208 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +6.6 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.

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.

About 1 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 218

17.0%

incl. 1.8% exceeded

-42.1 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 212

6.1%

incl. 2.4% exceeded

-19.3 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.4%) · CA median 21.4% · 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 68% -1.3

Black / African Am. 10% -1.9

White 7%

Asian 5%

Two or more 4% +1.1

Not reported 4% +1.7

Filipino 2%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 67% +5.2

English learners 40% +1.6

Students w/ disabilities 25% +4.8

Homeless 12% +8.8

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.

47% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

46.8%

497 of 1,062 students

Absenteeism is up 46.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median

25.1% · school is worse than 83% of 407 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

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)

1,084 (2024) → 948 (2026)

-12.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

268 (2024) → 284 (2026)

+6.0%

If this trend holds (-6.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~887	-61	$0
3 yr (2029)	~775	-173	$0
5 yr (2031)	~678	-270	$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.

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Mission Senior High School · Mission High · Phillip & Sala Burton Academy High School · Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's) · Jefferson High School · Balboa High School · +4 more

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.

83% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Los Angeles County (+6.0% vs. -12.0%), but 192 of 1113 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 46.7% (up +46.7 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+6.0% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-12.0% Los Angeles County baseline

+18.0pp gap vs. county

82.7% retention (county median 87.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

82.7%

921 of 1,113 students

192 of 1,113 students who enrolled at Mission High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (17.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 35th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (782) 83.1%

Socio. disadvantaged (701) 83.6%

English learners (479) 81.4%

Students w/ disabilities (241) 90.9%

Black / African Am. (115) 81.7%

White (77) 83.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Mission High 82.7% Phillip & Sala Burton Academy High School 87.6% Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's) 9.5% Jefferson High School 89.2%

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 Francisco 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

$1228.3M

+17.3% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$23,716

51,790 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 36.3%
Local: 56.0%
Federal: 7.8%

Instruction share

53.2%

of current spending · $9,747/pupil

Long-term debt

$969.8M

+0.1% 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 Francisco 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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