Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Thomas Jefferson High School
Public · Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · 490 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
16
Below the CA median
below the state median
Higher than 42% of California high schools
-11.4 pp vs. peer median (27)
· Ranked #9 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 21
2025 · 16
-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.9 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-5%)
~444
5-yr projected enrollment (46 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Thomas Jefferson High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 11): 16 vs. a peer median of 27.
- ▸Thomas Jefferson High School's UC Reach Score has stepped down from a peak of 21 in 2021 to 16 in 2025 — a 5-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (124→121 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -2%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 5% over the same window — Thomas Jefferson High School only shrank 2%. So Thomas Jefferson High School picked up about 3 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~444 by 2029 — about 46 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallis Annenberg High School | Public | 46 | +13% |
| Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School | Public | 21 | -3% |
| Green Design Steam Academy | Public | 7 | +9% |
| Linda Marquez High School-Social Justice | Public | 36 | -6% |
| New Designs Charter School | Public | 8 | +44% |
| University Prep Value High School | Public | 31 | -5% |
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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