University Pathways Public Service Academy
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- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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UC admits by campus · Class of 2024
Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How University Pathways Public Service Academy compares for families
Real college outcomes data available below.
- ▸ Statewide9.5% UC Reach — 8.5 points below the California median of 18.0%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (12.0% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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
≥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.
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 20.2 pp since 2018-19. 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 (-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.
University Pathways Public Service Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach Score, University Pathways Public Service Academy sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 2): 10 vs. a peer median of 12.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 27% (45→33 from 2021 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +0%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~95 by 2029 — about 5 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 5 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.
Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach Score | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Pathways Public Service Academy | Public | 100 | 10 | -27% |
| Peer-group median | 12 | +0% | ||
| John Hope Continuation | Public | 107 | — | +100% |
| Odyssey Continuation | Public | 104 | — | -30% |
| University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy | Public | 93 | — | +64% |
| San Antonio Continuation | Public | 72 | — | -25% |
| New Designs Charter Sch Watts | Public | 145 | — | -13% |
| Horace Mann UCLA Community Sch | Public | 151 | 12 | -38% |
| Boys Academic Leadership Academy | Public | 65 | — | +33% |
| Simon Rodia Continuation | Public | 60 | — | -62% |
| Animo Compton Charter School | Public | 190 | — | +14% |
| Matrix For Success Academy | Public | 265 | — | +780% |
UC Reach Score = 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 Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment -26.7% vs. county -11.5% 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.
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.
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 — 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.
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
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).
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 — 8 points below the California median of 18, higher than 17% of California high schools..
-2 pts vs. peer median (12) · Ranked #2 of 2 similar schools
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49
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Higher than 17% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach Score of 10 is below the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 49 or higher.
Overall, University Pathways Public Service Academy's UC Reach is higher than 17% of California high schools (978 ranked).
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 | — | — | —† |
What This Means
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