L.A. County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles County Office of Education · Public
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Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science → Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High → Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep → Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High → Blair High → Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High → Alliance Morgan McKinzie High → Ednovate - Brio College Prep →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61st percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How L.A. County High School for the Arts compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61st percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science, Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High, Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61st percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 551 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 558 | -2.8% |
| Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High Los Angeles |
Public | 3.3 | 534 | +6.2% |
| Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 517 | +7.5% |
| Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 515 | -16.0% |
| Blair High Pasadena |
Public | 4.1 | 583 | +0.2% |
| Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 5.9 | 533 | -13.2% |
| Alliance Morgan McKinzie High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 450 | -4.5% |
| Ednovate - Brio College Prep Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 500 | +5.0% |