L.A. County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles County Office of Education · Public
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- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th 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 ACGR, 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 61th 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, Woodrow Wilson Senior High, Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America 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
61th 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 +1.5%/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 558 | -2.8% |
| Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles |
Public | 1.1 | 1,260 | -6.4% |
| Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 72 | +1.4% |
| Ramona Convent Secondary School Alhambra |
Private | 1.6 | 286 | +4.8% |
| Pueblo de Los Angeles Continuation Los Angeles |
Public | 1.7 | 80 | +31.1% |
| Ednovate - East College Prep Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 314 | -17.2% |
| Ednovate - Encore Arts and Media College Prep Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 48 | — |
| E. Los Angeles Renaiss Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #2 Los Angeles |
Public | 2.0 | 355 | -15.1% |