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Los Angeles Senior High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Los Angeles posts 21% meeting the standard and 6.9% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

4650 West Olympic Boulevard, 90019 (opens in new tab)·Los Angeles Unified·Los Angeles·Grades 9-12·978 students·91% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(323) 900-2700·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4444
% Exceeded7%16%
% Met+21%36%
Grad rate91.6%86.6%
College readiness62.8%33.9%
Absence44.3%30.2%
Suspension0.6%3.6%
Scope Score
44
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #1,178 statewide · #146 of 240 in Los Angeles Unified

Los Angeles Senior High scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 45th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “21% proficient” and call it done. Los Angeles deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 45th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAGreen(Increased)MathGreen(Increased Significantly)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 21% meet the standard today, versus 30% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1141%28%27%29%31%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1119%12%10%9%11%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
21%
State 36%
Graduate
92%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
63%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 21 are proficient by 11th grade → 92 graduate → 63 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
91.6%
State 86.6%
5.0pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
6.9%
State 15.8%
8.9pp below state avg
College readiness
62.8%
State 33.9%
AP exam pass rate above state avg
Met or exceeded
21.4%
State 35.7%
14.4pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
44.3%
State 30.2%
14.1pp above state avg
Suspension rate
0.6%
State 3.6%
3.0pp below state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
12.4%
State 18.0%
5.6pp below state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Los Angeles Senior High in Los Angeles, 33.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Los Angeles Senior High trails its district average for low-income students by 7.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (31.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 31.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 220 students tested.

All students at this school: 21% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 21%, district —, state 36%21%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 23%, district 36%, state 32%23% · +2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 21%, district 36%, state 32%21% · +0 vs school
MaleMale: this school 22%, district 41%, state 42%22% · +1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 21%, district 42%, state 44%21% · −1 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 2%, district 9%, state 11%2% · −19 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 10%, district 14%, state 15%10% · −11 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 12%, district 30%, state 26%12% · −9 vs school
AsianAsian: too few students to report‹11
WhiteWhite: too few students to report‹11
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
FilipinoFilipino: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored

In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — English learners students were 20% of Los Angeles's enrollment but 5% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic84.3% AP · 83.9% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.4% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Asian6.1% AP · 3.2% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Black7.3% AP · 10.3% enroll.
White1.5% AP · 1.5% enroll.
Two or more races0.4% AP · 0.6% enroll.
English learners4.6% AP · 19.7% enroll.
Students with disabilities3.1% AP · 16.6% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 44.3%, district 24.5%, state 30.2%44.3% · +14.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.6%, district —, state 3.6%0.6% · −3.0pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1245.2%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
Third Street Elementary
90/100
89% of this boundary feeds here
Wilshire Park Elementary
61/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Virginia Road Elementary
53/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Hancock Park Elementary
51/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Alta Loma Elementary
45/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Carson-Gore Academy of Environ…
44/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Cienega Elementary
41/100
72% of this boundary feeds here
Wilshire Crest Elementary
40/100
100% of this boundary feeds here
Arlington Heights Elementary
37/100
89% of this boundary feeds here
Wilton Place Elementary
31/100
87% of this boundary feeds here
Sixth Avenue Elementary
26/100
78% of this boundary feeds here
Also serves area
Charles H. Kim Elementary
63/100
20% of this boundary feeds here
West Hollywood Elementary
58/100
14% of this boundary feeds here
Queen Anne Place Elementary
58/100
25% of this boundary feeds here
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High School
Los Angeles Senior High
44/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Where graduates go

Context — none of this enters the Scope Score

In fall 2025, 13 Los Angeles graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Davis the most common landing, with 3 enrollees.

Applied65fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted53
Enrolled13
Where they landed (fall 2025)

8 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2025–1994

Peak: 38 enrolled, 2000

UC is one road of many — this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private, or an out-of-state campus. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 58% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year.

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 16:1, district 20:116:1
Teaching staff64 teachers
Avg. experience12.7 years
Fully credentialed73%
First-year teachers11%
Intern / emergency permit3.9%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers93 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers17 students
Advanced Coursework

Los Angeles's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus AB, Computer Science A, and Computer Science Principles.

AP subjects taught14
Math & Computer Science (3)Calculus AB · Computer Science A · Computer Science Principles
Sciences (3)Biology · Chemistry · Environmental Science
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (5)African American Studies · Human Geography · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $28,251, CA average $14,815$28,251 · spent at this school
Federal share$2,457 per student

$2,457 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction52%
Instruction support16%
Student services12%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic84.6%
District 73.2% · CA 56.1%
Black8.5%
District 7.2% · CA 4.8%
White2.8%
District 9.9% · CA 19.9%
Asian2.4%
District 3.4% · CA 10.2%
Other1.8%
District 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 90.8% (27pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$74K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.27M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+39% · CA 35%
ZIP population59,548
Median age40 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 14% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Los Angeles Senior High a good high school?

Los Angeles Senior High has a Scope Score of 44 out of 100, placing it in the 45th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,178 statewide. 6.9% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 8.9 percentage points below the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Los Angeles Senior High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 21.4% of students at Los Angeles Senior High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 6.9% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 14.4% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 6.9% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 506 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Los Angeles Senior High rank in California?

Los Angeles Senior High ranks #1,178 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 45th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Los Angeles Senior High?

44.3% of students at Los Angeles Senior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 0.6%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Los Angeles Senior High compare to other schools in Los Angeles?

Los Angeles Senior High scores 44/100 (45th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 978 students. Use the schools in Los Angeles page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Los Angeles Senior High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Los Angeles Senior High in Los Angeles, 33.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Los Angeles Senior High trails its district average for low-income students by 7.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (31.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 31.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 220 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Los Angeles Senior High?

Los Angeles Senior High's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: African American Studies, Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Spanish Language and Culture, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Los Angeles Senior High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 13 Los Angeles Senior High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
91.6%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 55th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
6.9%
↓ vs CA 15.8% · 40th pctile
College readiness · 20%
62.8%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 66th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
21.4%
↓ vs CA 35.7% · 40th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
44.3%
↓ vs CA 30.2% · 38th pctile
Suspension rate · 5%
0.6%
↑ vs CA 3.6% · 64th pctile
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
12.4%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 44th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1125310%21%22%47%31%−16
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 112534%8%19%70%11%−12
Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Grade 5/8/112632%12%67%19%

CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged22033.6%−7−5
Hispanic/Latino21431.8%−9−7
English Learners490.0%−7−10
03Peer comparison · nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+GrowthSusp
Los Angeles Senior High ←—446.9%21.4%—0.6%
School for the Visual Arts and Humanities2.2 mi5318.6%45.0%—0.6%
STEM Academy at Bernstein High2.9 mi5112.0%42.9%—1.0%
Fairfax Senior High2.4 mi5117.3%38.7%—0.9%
California average—4415.8%35.7%—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
91.6%
AP Exam Prepared
62.8%
A-G Completion
61.0%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
57.7%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrowth
20194853#9556.8%29.8%30.0%0.4%—
20224450#10545.1%20.0%40.3%0.4%—
20234247#11474.2%18.3%44.8%0.6%—
20244348#11154.7%19.1%38.2%0.5%—
20254445#11786.9%21.4%44.3%0.6%—
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female29.4%48.8%+19.4pp
Male30.8%42.2%+11.4pp
Asian28.6%24.0%-4.6pp
Black/African American39.7%56.8%+17.1pp
White25.8%——
Hispanic/Latino28.5%44.0%+15.5pp
Students with Disabilities35.7%47.5%+11.8pp
English Learners31.2%49.1%+17.9pp
Foster Youth46.2%——
Homeless45.9%60.9%+15.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged29.6%45.4%+15.8pp
All Students30.2%45.1%+14.9pp
06UC admissions, universitywide1994–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20256553133.623.743.87
20246342103.583.724.08
20234935143.743.843.93
20227546163.593.763.85
20216843153.603.854.12
2020724493.583.723.95
20194827153.713.884.00
20185532163.613.833.91
20174820133.473.773.85
20166231153.503.823.96
20156735223.453.683.70
20144426163.563.853.96
20135328153.463.753.80
20125636193.583.783.83
20116644263.603.883.99
20106545243.493.613.80
20095237213.433.523.51
20086451173.523.663.68
20076449233.543.663.67
20067150153.323.443.45
20057957253.483.583.57
20046849333.463.583.58
20036948283.363.553.53
20026145263.263.453.46
20014838243.413.503.49
20006046383.453.573.56
19993829163.413.533.68
19984332103.523.703.86
1997201853.533.613.79
19965040263.513.633.66
19955839233.393.513.61
19943930183.473.703.74

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025387‹3
Berkeley202426‹3‹3
Berkeley20232243
Berkeley2022314‹3
Berkeley2021285‹3
Davis20251973
Davis202473‹3
Davis2023156‹3
Davis2022266‹3
Davis2021197‹3
Irvine2025469‹3
Irvine202449‹3‹3
Irvine2023383‹3
Irvine20226084
Irvine2021494‹3
Los Angeles2025445‹3
Los Angeles20245355
Los Angeles20233943
Los Angeles20226133
Los Angeles20215975
Merced20252626‹3
Merced20241816‹3
Merced2023129‹3
Merced202214143
Merced20211312‹3
Riverside20254035‹3
Riverside20243722‹3
Riverside20232415‹3
Riverside202240233
Riverside20213921‹3
San Diego20253112‹3
San Diego2024216‹3
San Diego20231910‹3
San Diego2022296‹3
San Diego20211983
Santa Barbara20252610‹3
Santa Barbara20242583
Santa Barbara2023257‹3
Santa Barbara2022379‹3
Santa Barbara20213210‹3
Santa Cruz20251611‹3
Santa Cruz2024168‹3
Santa Cruz2023743
Santa Cruz2022176‹3
Santa Cruz2021153‹3
Universitywide2025655313
Universitywide2024634210
Universitywide2023493514
Universitywide2022754616
Universitywide2021684315

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
African American Studiesthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Athis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Human Geographythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count9
AP enrollment261
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections5
Chemistry sections9
Total enrollment (CRDC)1,119

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,160 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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