Options for Youth - Acton
Fontana · San Bernardino County · Acton-Agua Dulce Unified · Public
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UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Options for Youth - Acton compares for families
Real college outcomes data available below.
- ▸ Statewide1.2% UC Reach — 16.9 points below the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (1.2% UC Reach vs 13.5% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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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.
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
Program subgroups
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.
Absenteeism is up 19.4 pp since 2017-18. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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
If this trend holds (+15.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~2,411 | +326 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~3,223 | +1138 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~4,308 | +2223 | $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.
Options for Youth - Acton — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Fontana · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Options for Youth - Acton sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 1% vs. a peer median of 14%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 3 points since 2024 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 1077% (26→306 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+23.2%/yr); projects to ~3895 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options for Youth - Acton | Public | 2085 | 1.2% | +1077% |
| Peer-group median | 13.5% | -12% | ||
| Bloomington High School | Public | 1776 | 7.7% | -18% |
| Fontana High School | Public | 2452 | 14.1% | -5% |
| Jurupa Hills High School | Public | 1701 | 13.5% | -19% |
| Eisenhower High School | Public | 2044 | 12.8% | -15% |
| Patriot High School | Public | 2369 | 11.7% | +16% |
| Fontana A. B. Miller High | Public | 1887 | — | -16% |
| Wilmer Amina Carter Hs | Public | 1916 | 18.5% | -18% |
| John W North High School | Public | 1989 | 17.8% | -8% |
| Ramona High | Public | 2096 | 15.9% | +9% |
| Colony High School | Public | 2030 | 12.1% | +7% |
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 San Bernardino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating San Bernardino County (+1076.9% vs. +0.0%), but 4008 of 5526 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 40.9% (up +19.3 pts from 2017-18) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
4,008 of 5,526 students who enrolled at Options for Youth - Acton this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (72.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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 — Acton-Agua Dulce 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.
Local: 42.0%
Federal: 9.0%
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 Acton-Agua Dulce 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).
Options for Youth - Acton sent 68 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 5.9% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 1.2% — 16.9 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 0% of California high schools..
-12.3 pp vs. peer median (13.5%) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
18.1%
13.5%
51.2%
1.2%
Higher than 0% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Options for Youth - Acton's UC Reach of 1.2% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
Overall, Options for Youth - Acton's UC Reach is higher than 0% of California high schools (978 ranked).
GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.
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.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | 3.42 | 3.89 | +0.47 | 33.3% | Peers +0.55 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.1% | 14.4% | 43.5% | 57.3% | 46.0% | 64.1% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 27.5% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| < 3.00 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025
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) '24 | Avg GPA (Adm) '24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 7 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.02 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 18 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.32 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 11 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.42 | 3.89 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | 4 | —† | 44.4% | 1.2% | — | 3.46 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 17 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.41 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.45 | —† |
What This Means
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