Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex
Los Angeles · CA · Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM → West Adams Preparatory High → New Designs Charter → Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High → University Preparatory Value High → Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College → Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts → Orthopaedic Hospital →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 5 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% 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: Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM, West Adams Preparatory High, New Designs Charter 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
82th 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?
90th 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.
🏛️ 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.
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 +0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,031 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,189 per student in district revenue, the 48 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $777,072/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM Los Angeles |
Public | 0.4 | 381 | +27.4% |
| West Adams Preparatory High Los Angeles |
Public | 0.4 | 942 | -15.7% |
| New Designs Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 438 | +7.6% |
| Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 456 | -5.8% |
| University Preparatory Value High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 493 | +2.7% |
| Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College Los Angeles |
Public | 0.8 | 272 | +53.7% |
| Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts Los Angeles |
Public | 0.8 | 263 | -6.4% |
| Orthopaedic Hospital Los Angeles |
Public | 0.9 | 653 | -10.7% |