Valencia Academy Of The Arts
· Los Angeles County · El Rancho Unified · Public
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- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% 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 Valencia Academy Of The Arts compares for families
What families should know about Valencia Academy Of The Arts.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Christian Sorensen Science Academy, Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences, South Ranchito Dual Language Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
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: total enrollment.
Absenteeism is up 17.9 pp since 2016-17. 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 (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~402 | -2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~399 | -5 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~396 | -8 | $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.
Valencia Academy Of The Arts — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~393 by 2029 — about 11 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Academy Of The Arts | Public | 404 | — | — |
| Peer-group median | — | — | ||
| Christian Sorensen Science Academy | Public | 411 | — | — |
| Magee Academy Of Arts & Sciences | Public | 399 | — | — |
| South Ranchito Dual Language Academy | Public | 346 | — | — |
| North Park Academy Of The Arts | Public | 462 | — | — |
| Birney Tech Academy | Public | 351 | — | — |
| Arts In Action Community Charter | Public | 395 | — | — |
| Steam Academy @ Burke | Public | 493 | — | — |
| Daniel Phelan Language Academy | Public | 521 | — | — |
| Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy | Public | 341 | — | — |
| Mill School And Technology Academy | Public | 335 | — | — |
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.
29 of 413 students who enrolled at Valencia Academy Of The Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.0% 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 — El Rancho 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: 25.7%
Federal: 14.1%
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 El Rancho 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).
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 112 | 21 | 8 | 18.8% | — | 38.1% | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 163 | 16 | 14 | 9.8% | — | 87.5% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 149 | 38 | 10 | 25.5% | — | 26.3% | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 137 | 49 | 10 | 35.8% | — | 20.4% | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 164 | 34 | 7 | 20.7% | — | 20.6% | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 92 | 30 | 4 | 32.6% | — | 13.3% | — | —† |
What This Means
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