Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center
Reseda · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Magnolia Science Academy 5 → Joaquin Miller Career and Transition Center → Will Rogers Continuation → Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 → Cal Burke High → Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet → Independence Continuation → Mission Continuation →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center compares for families
What families should know about Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory 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: Magnolia Science Academy 5, Joaquin Miller Career and Transition Center, Will Rogers Continuation 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
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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 -8.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 142 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Science Academy 5 Reseda |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 122 | +2.5% |
| Joaquin Miller Career and Transition Center Reseda |
Public | 1.5 | 164 | -8.9% |
| Will Rogers Continuation Van Nuys |
Public | 5.4 | 136 | -12.3% |
| Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 Lake Balboa |
Public | 2.7 | 181 | +0.6% |
| Cal Burke High Panorama City |
Public | 5.6 | 127 | +8.5% |
| Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet Lake Balboa |
Public | 2.7 | 183 | -16.8% |
| Independence Continuation Lake Balboa |
Public | 2.7 | 103 | +12.0% |
| Mission Continuation San Fernando |
Public | 7.9 | 127 | +64.9% |
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