University Pathways Public Service Academy

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8 in 10 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 85% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about about half.
Worth asking about: attendance. 38% of students are chronically absent — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement; absenteeism is usually the earliest warning light.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

At a glance

Programs & features

Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools

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

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Below the CA median below the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2024 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCD

6 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

California College-Going Rate

57.3% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

57.3%

of 75 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 61.3% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 46 students.

Up 2.1 points from the 2021-22 class (55.2%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 42 students (56.0%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 34.7% 26

California Community College 18.7% 14

California private college 2.7% 2

Out of state — 1 students (1.3%)

Out-of-state 4-year 1.3% 1

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How University Pathways Public Service Academy compares for families

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▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 10 — 9 points below the California median of 19.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 12) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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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.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

97.5%

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)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

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.

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

About 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 36

30.6%

incl. 11.1% exceeded

-28.5 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 36

16.7%

incl. 2.8% exceeded

-8.7 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 83% +3.2

Black / African Am. 14% -5.7

White 3% +2.4

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 100% +2.3

Students w/ disabilities 13% +5.5

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.

38% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

38.5%

50 of 130 students

Absenteeism is up 20.2 pp since 2018-19. 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 77% 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)

113 (2019) → 100 (2026)

-11.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

45 (2021) → 33 (2026)

-26.7%

If this trend holds (-6.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~94	-6	$0
3 yr (2029)	~82	-18	$0
5 yr (2031)	~72	-28	$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 University Pathways Public Service Academy really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #2 of 2 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

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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.

79% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -26.7% vs. county -9.6% AND stability (79.1%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 38.5% (up +20.2 pts from 2018-19) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-26.7% senior class, grade 12 (2021–2026)

-9.6% Los Angeles County baseline

-17.1pp gap vs. county

79.1% retention (county median 87.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2021

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

79.1%

106 of 134 students

28 of 134 students who enrolled at University Pathways Public Service Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (20.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 22nd percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 28th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (133) 78.9%

Hispanic / Latino (109) 82.6%

Students w/ disabilities (26) 80.8%

Black / African Am. (22) 59.1%

Nearest peer high schools

John Hope Continuation 3.6% Odyssey Continuation 40.1% University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy 85.5% San Antonio Continuation 35.3% New Designs Charter School Watts 77.7%

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 — Los Angeles 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

$11112.5M

+8.9% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$24,124

460,633 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 51.7%
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%

Instruction share

53.5%

of current spending · $10,061/pupil

Long-term debt

$11908.4M

+4.3% 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 Los Angeles 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).

Key takeaway · Class of 2024

University Pathways Public Service Academy sent 94 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 6.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 10 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 9 points below the California median of 19, higher than 16% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 10 ⓘ 6 admits (counted at each UC) / 63 seniors -2 pts vs. peer median (12) · #2 of 2 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Peer median
12

Top 10%
52

This school
10

050100

CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 52 This school 10

Higher than 16% of California high schools (1094 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach Score of 10 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 52 or higher.

But in Los Angeles County, where the local median is 25 and the top-10% bar is 54, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach is higher than 16% of California high schools (1094 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

149

94 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 80 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 238 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 234 · higher than 75% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

6.4%

6 / 94 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.7% · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 6 admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 63 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 100 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

100:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 100 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 237 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 8 in 10 finish the required courses, versus about about half statewide.

85%

56 of 66 graduates · 2023-24 cohort

In context: CA median 54.5% · +30.3 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 66.9%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

173

All grades · CDE Census Day

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	19	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UCLA → Elite	20	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	12	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	20	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC Davis →	15	6	—^†	40.0%	10	—	—	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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At a glance

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University Pathways Public Service Academy is a public high school in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California with 63 seniors in the Class of 2024.

Its UC Reach Score is 10 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 6 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 63, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 16% of California high schools.

In 2024 its students filed 94 UC applications and received 6 offers, a UC admit rate of 6.4% (counted at each campus).

85% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 54%).

57% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

It has about 100 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 100 students in 2026, down 12% since 2019.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach Score? University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach Score is 10 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 6 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 63, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 16% of California high schools.

How many students from University Pathways Public Service Academy got into a UC? In 2024 its students filed 94 UC applications and received 6 offers, a UC admit rate of 6.4% (counted at each campus).

What percentage of University Pathways Public Service Academy graduates complete the A-G requirements? 85% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 54%).

What percentage of University Pathways Public Service Academy graduates go to college? 57% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

How many students attend University Pathways Public Service Academy? Enrollment was 100 students in 2026, down 12% since 2019.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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