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Phoenix High Community Day

Lancaster · Los Angeles County · Antelope Valley Union High · Public

Public Los Angeles County Antelope Valley Union High → CDS 1964246…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
  • 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% 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 Phoenix High Community Day compares for families

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Rare Earth High (continuation), Mt. Lukens Continuation, McGowan (robert) High (continuation) 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
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 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
75%
Range: 50–100%
4-year cohort size
6
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

68.4%
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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

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

Student-Counselor Ratio
Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 29 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.
29:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 29 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 308 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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 45% +9.9
Black / African Am. 45% -11.0
Two or more 7% +4.6
Filipino 3%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 48% -19.1

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.

86% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
86.0%
37 of 43 students

Absenteeism is down 6.9 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median
25.1% · school is worse than 97% 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)
68 (2018)29 (2026)
-57.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
14 (2018)3 (2026)
-78.6%

If this trend holds (-11.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~26 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~20 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~16 -13 $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.

How does Phoenix High Community Day really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Rare Earth High (continuation) · Mt. Lukens Continuation · McGowan (robert) High (continuation) · Monroe High (continuation) · Evergreen Continuation · Desert Winds Continuation High · +4 more

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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.

10% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.
Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -78.6% vs. county -5.3% AND stability (10.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 86.0% (up -6.9 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-78.6%  senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)
-5.3%  Los Angeles County baseline
-73.3pp  gap vs. county
10.0%  retention (county median 87.7%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
10.0%
5 of 50 students

45 of 50 students who enrolled at Phoenix High Community Day this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (90.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.7% · school is in the 1st percentile of 413 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 1st percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (46) 10.9%
Black / African Am. (29) 10.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Rare Earth High (continuation) 28.4% Mt. Lukens Continuation 34.2% McGowan (robert) High (continuation) 21.6% Monroe High (continuation) 3.3% Evergreen Continuation 6.0%

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 — Antelope Valley 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
$352.0M
+5.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,005
21,991 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 66.8%
Local: 21.3%
Federal: 12.0%
Instruction share
58.8%
of current spending · $8,345/pupil
Long-term debt
$60.9M
-14.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Antelope Valley 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).

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