Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts → Matrix for Success Academy → Ambassador-Global Leadership → Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies → Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice → New Open World Academy K-12 → The SEED School of Los Angeles County → New Opportunities Charter →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 10% (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center compares for families
What families should know about Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep 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: Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts, Matrix for Success Academy, Ambassador-Global Leadership 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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 +1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 264 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 22 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $530,728/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts Los Angeles |
Public | 1.9 | 263 | -6.4% |
| Matrix for Success Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 3.5 | 259 | +38.5% |
| Ambassador-Global Leadership Los Angeles |
Public | 1.9 | 291 | -16.4% |
| Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies Los Angeles |
Public | 3.3 | 317 | -3.9% |
| Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice Los Angeles |
Public | 3.3 | 326 | -23.8% |
| New Open World Academy K-12 Los Angeles |
Public | 1.8 | 371 | -3.4% |
| The SEED School of Los Angeles County Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 5.2 | 206 | +207.5% |
| New Opportunities Charter Inglewood |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 349 | +43.0% |