Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Animo Compton Charter → The SEED School of Los Angeles County → Westbrook Academy → Vista High → Magnolia Science Academy 3 → Lifeline Education Charter → Horace Mann UCLA Community → Animo City of Champions Charter High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ 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.
How Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center compares for families
What families should know about Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Animo Compton Charter, The SEED School of Los Angeles County, Westbrook Academy and 5 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 196 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animo Compton Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.5 | 193 | +35.9% |
| The SEED School of Los Angeles County Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 206 | +207.5% |
| Westbrook Academy South Gate |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 206 | -9.3% |
| Vista High Lynwood |
Public | 5.2 | 186 | +0.0% |
| Magnolia Science Academy 3 Carson |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 231 | -5.7% |
| Lifeline Education Charter Compton |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 253 | +0.8% |
| Horace Mann UCLA Community Los Angeles |
Public | 5.6 | 146 | -27.0% |
| Animo City of Champions Charter High Inglewood |
Public · charter | 4.7 | 299 | -12.8% |