Harold McAlister High (Opportunity)PublicLos Angeles, CAGrades 6-1234 students
Harold McAlister High (Opportunity): We publish no Scope Score for this school this year.
Harold McAlister High (Opportunity) is a high school in Los Angeles. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.
opportunity program
no score · no band · no rank — we publish no scored record this year
34 students · enrolled through a program-specific placement, application, or referral process
SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →
Harold McAlister High (Opportunity) is an opportunity program in Los Angeles, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025. Students are enrolled through a placement, application, or referral process specific to the program.
A missing score is not a judgment, and it is not a claim about what the state published. It means the composite a Scope Score, band and rank are all built from isn't on file for this school this year — the honest move is to say so, and to show whatever results are on file rather than guess at a number.
With no score to read, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.
- Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
- Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
- Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.
Where graduates go
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Context — never part of the Scope Score
- California community college1 (8%)
- Not enrolled12 (92%)
CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic
About 7 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
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Pay is set by the district, not the school.
It spends $76,412 per student, more than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
$4,378 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
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Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
At 34 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
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