Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds

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  • 3 in 4 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 74% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
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Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score
9
Below the CA median below the state median
Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — 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 2025

UCD
3 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.

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How Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

  • StatewideUC Reach Score of 9 — 10 points below the California median of 19.
  • vs Similar SchoolsOther schools in the county, closest in size: Equitas Academy Charter, Equitas Academy #2, Gerald A. Lawson Academy Of The Arts, Mathematics And Science and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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 4 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.
Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 30
26.7%
incl. 6.7% exceeded
-32.4 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 30
6.7%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-18.7 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 92% -6.9
White 4%
Black / African Am. 3% +2.1
Filipino 1%
Asian 0%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 92% -3.5

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.

27% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.
Chronic absent
26.9%
43 of 160 students

Absenteeism is down 5.2 pp since 2020-21. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median
25.1% · school is worse than 54% 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)
347 (2024)443 (2026)
+27.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
57 (2024)29 (2026)
-49.1%

If this trend holds (+13.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~501 +58 $0
3 yr (2029) ~639 +196 $0
5 yr (2031) ~816 +373 $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.

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.

92% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Critical
Sharp demand downturn hidden by elite retention.

Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds's enrollment is shrinking 4.1× the county rate (school -49.1% vs. county -12.0%). Stability of 92.0% means every family you keep is one fewer; the leverage is at recruitment, not retention. This is the case the high stability number alone would hide.

-49.1%  senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)
-12.0%  Los Angeles County baseline
-37.1pp  gap vs. county
92.0%  retention (county median 87.7%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
92.0%
150 of 163 students

13 of 163 students who enrolled at Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.7% · school is in the 74th percentile of 413 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 75th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (362) 92.8%
Hispanic / Latino (357) 93.0%
English learners (67) 97.0%
Students w/ disabilities (65) 96.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Equitas Academy Charter 92.3% Equitas Academy #2 95.7% Gerald A. Lawson Academy Of The Arts, Mathematics And Science 80.1% Yes Academy 75.8% Performing Arts Community Scho 82.2%

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.

Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds sent 42 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 7.1% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 9 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 10 points below the California median of 19, higher than 13% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 9 3 admits (counted at each UC) / 33 seniors methodology
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
19
Top 10%
53
This school
9
050100
CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 53 This school 9

Higher than 13% of California high schools (1107 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds's UC Reach Score of 9 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53 or higher.

But in Los Angeles County, where the local median is 25 and the top-10% bar is 56, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, Valley Oaks Center Enriched Stds's UC Reach is higher than 13% of California high schools (1107 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
127
42 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 238 · higher than 70% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
7.1%
3 / 42 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
— enrolled of 3 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 / 33 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.
A-G Completion
Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 3 in 4 finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.
74%
23 of 31 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +18.3 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.
Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
33
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
372
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.57

UC Outcomes Trend — 2021–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach Score (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UCLA → Elite 10 3.76
UC San Diego → Selective 7 3.50
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 6 3.41
UC Irvine → Selective 10 3.58
UC Davis → 9 3 33.3% 9 3.49
= 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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