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Woodruff Academy

Downey · Los Angeles County · Downey Unified · Public

Public Los Angeles County Downey Unified → CDS 1964451…

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At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high 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

78.6%

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

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Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 55 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

55:1

0.2 FTE counselors · 11 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 282 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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 80% -20.0

Black / African Am. 20%

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.

71% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

71.4%

15 of 21 students

Absenteeism is up 48.3 pp since 2017-18. 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 90% 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

10 (2018) → 11 (2026)

+10.0%

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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.

52% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Stability rate

52.4%

11 of 21 students

10 of 21 students who enrolled at Woodruff Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (47.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 15th percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 18th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (23) 47.8%

Socio. disadvantaged (23) 52.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Simon Rodia Continuation 21.5%

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 — Downey 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

$421.0M

+39.1% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$18,952

22,216 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 67.3%
Local: 21.1%
Federal: 11.7%

Instruction share

64.5%

of current spending · $9,619/pupil

Long-term debt

$261.0M

+157.3% 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 Downey 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).

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Woodruff Academy is a public high school in Downey, Los Angeles County, California.

It has about 55 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 11 students in 2026, up 10% since 2018.

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.

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How many students attend Woodruff Academy? Enrollment was 11 students in 2026, up 10% since 2018.

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