Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Downtown Business High → Edward R. Roybal Learning Center → Icl Academy For Film And Performing Arts → Ednovate - Brio College Prep → Harold McAlister High (Opportunity) → School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex → Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies → Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 22% nationally with 14 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: Downtown Business High, Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, Icl Academy For Film And Performing Arts and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
78th 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 · 2020-21Source: 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?
75th 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
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.
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 -1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,102 students:
≈ 68 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 68 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,640,432/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Business High Los Angeles |
Public | 0.6 | 819 | -9.3% |
| Edward R. Roybal Learning Center Los Angeles |
Public | 0.6 | 1,130 | +15.8% |
| Icl Academy For Film And Performing Arts Los Angeles |
Private | 0.7 | 158 | — |
| Ednovate - Brio College Prep Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 500 | +5.0% |
| Harold McAlister High (Opportunity) Los Angeles |
Public | 0.8 | 34 | — |
| School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex Los Angeles |
Public | 1.0 | 392 | -7.5% |
| Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies Los Angeles |
Public | 1.0 | 317 | -3.9% |
| Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community Los Angeles |
Public | 1.0 | 392 | -20.8% |