Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Edward R. Roybal Learning Center → YouthBuild Charter School of California → Benjamin Franklin Senior High → Woodrow Wilson Senior High → Downtown Business High → Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High → Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High → Belmont Senior High →📋 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: Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, YouthBuild Charter School of California, Benjamin Franklin Senior High 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of California-Berkeley
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,481/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward R. Roybal Learning Center Los Angeles |
Public | 0.6 | 1,130 | +15.8% |
| YouthBuild Charter School of California Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 880 | +13.7% |
| Benjamin Franklin Senior High Los Angeles |
Public | 4.7 | 1,184 | -7.8% |
| Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles |
Public | 3.4 | 1,260 | -6.4% |
| Downtown Business High Los Angeles |
Public | 0.6 | 819 | -9.3% |
| Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High Los Angeles |
Public | 2.4 | 1,497 | -12.7% |
| Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High Los Angeles |
Public | 1.3 | 694 | -18.9% |
| Belmont Senior High Los Angeles |
Public | 1.1 | 614 | +8.3% |