Manual Arts Senior High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Manual Arts posts 23% meeting the standard and 6.7% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40 | 7% | 23% | 80.1% | 61.1% | 35.9% | 0.2% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 86.6% | 33.9% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Manual Arts Senior High scores 40 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 37th 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.
Most rating sites would stop at “23% proficient” and call it done. Manual Arts deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 0.2% suspension rate — versus 3.6% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 37th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 23% of students meet the standard today, above the 15% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 25% | 32% | 30% | 27% | 35% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 6% | 3% | 4% | 8% | 11% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 23 are proficient by 11th grade → 80 graduate → 61 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 7 things our score weighs
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 Manual Arts Senior High in Los Angeles, 36.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Manual Arts Senior High trails its district average for low-income students by 4.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (11.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (34.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 31.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 200 students tested.
● 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
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
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
In fall 2025, 26 Manual Arts graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Davis the most common landing, with 8 enrollees.
6 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
Peak: 34 enrolled, 2012
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, 47% 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
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Manual Arts's teachers are authorized to teach 11 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science.
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
$3,031 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.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 11% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 64
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 208 | 9% | 26% | 26% | 38% | 35% | −12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 209 | 5% | 7% | 14% | 75% | 11% | −12 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 218 | 1% | 10% | 70% | 19% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 200 | 36.0% | −5 | −2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 184 | 34.2% | −7 | −5 |
| English Learners | 51 | 3.9% | −3 | −6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Arts Senior High ← | — | 40 | 6.7% | 23.3% | — | 0.2% |
| Orthopaedic Hospital | 1.9 mi | 65 | 24.1% | 54.6% | — | 0.4% |
| Iovine and Young Center | 2.2 mi | 65 | 30.8% | 67.3% | — | 1.3% |
| Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep | 0.4 mi | 62 | 28.4% | 57.6% | — | 1.6% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 36 | #1311 | 4.5% | 15.3% | 33.6% | 0.4% | — |
| 2022 | 37 | 34 | #1387 | 4.9% | 17.5% | 55.7% | 1.2% | — |
| 2023 | 37 | 35 | #1398 | 6.0% | 17.0% | 51.4% | 0.6% | — |
| 2024 | 38 | 35 | #1390 | 4.8% | 17.9% | 40.7% | 0.4% | — |
| 2025 | 40 | 37 | #1355 | 6.7% | 23.3% | 35.9% | 0.2% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 34.3% | 35.5% | +1.2pp |
| Male | 33.6% | 36.9% | +3.3pp |
| Black/African American | 51.5% | 54.8% | +3.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 30.7% | 33.8% | +3.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 43.4% | 41.7% | -1.7pp |
| English Learners | 33.2% | 33.5% | +0.3pp |
| Foster Youth | 75.0% | 21.1% | -53.9pp |
| Homeless | 54.3% | 40.2% | -14.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 34.3% | 36.3% | +2.0pp |
| All Students | 33.9% | 36.2% | +2.3pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 26.7% | — |
| Year | Applied | Admitted | Enrolled | GPA (applied) | GPA (admitted) | GPA (enrolled) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 71 | 26 | 3.68 | 3.74 | 3.92 |
| 2024 | 82 | 68 | 17 | 3.61 | 3.69 | 3.96 |
| 2023 | 59 | 39 | 21 | 3.54 | 3.76 | 3.85 |
| 2022 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 3.61 | 3.75 | 3.94 |
| 2021 | 62 | 43 | 18 | 3.48 | 3.65 | 3.81 |
| 2020 | 76 | 53 | 25 | 3.57 | 3.72 | 3.88 |
| 2019 | 129 | 53 | 33 | 3.46 | 3.81 | 3.88 |
| 2018 | 96 | 39 | 13 | 3.33 | 3.79 | 3.89 |
| 2017 | 86 | 42 | 22 | 3.35 | 3.68 | 3.77 |
| 2016 | 64 | 33 | 19 | 3.40 | 3.76 | 3.78 |
| 2015 | 96 | 33 | 20 | 3.27 | 3.78 | 3.79 |
| 2014 | 86 | 38 | 25 | 3.37 | 3.67 | 3.73 |
| 2013 | 90 | 33 | 17 | 3.38 | 3.70 | 3.73 |
| 2012 | 134 | 80 | 34 | 3.46 | 3.65 | 3.67 |
| 2011 | 116 | 71 | 29 | 3.48 | 3.73 | 3.64 |
| 2010 | 104 | 73 | 26 | 3.53 | 3.73 | 3.66 |
| 2009 | 110 | 71 | 21 | 3.46 | 3.71 | 3.63 |
| 2008 | 75 | 49 | 22 | 3.39 | 3.63 | 3.67 |
| 2007 | 89 | 61 | 25 | 3.43 | 3.65 | 3.65 |
| 2006 | 73 | 53 | 24 | 3.54 | 3.68 | 3.64 |
| 2005 | 71 | 56 | 24 | 3.53 | 3.65 | 3.63 |
| 2004 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 3.54 | 3.82 | 3.84 |
| 2003 | 71 | 49 | 26 | 3.39 | 3.71 | 3.67 |
| 2002 | 65 | 41 | 24 | 3.46 | 3.71 | 3.70 |
| 2001 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 3.62 | 3.79 | 3.78 |
| 2000 | 55 | 38 | 11 | 3.42 | 3.69 | 3.71 |
| 1999 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 3.34 | 3.58 | 3.56 |
| 1998 | 41 | 24 | 8 | 3.34 | 3.62 | 3.57 |
| 1997 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 3.47 | 3.63 | 3.23 |
| 1996 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 3.28 | 3.48 | 3.50 |
| 1995 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 3.13 | 3.38 | — |
| 1994 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 3.06 | 3.53 | 3.48 |
‹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.
| Campus | Year | Applied | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 2025 | 23 | 4 | ‹3 |
| Berkeley | 2024 | 28 | 3 | ‹3 |
| Berkeley | 2023 | 23 | 4 | ‹3 |
| Berkeley | 2022 | 22 | 3 | ‹3 |
| Berkeley | 2021 | 27 | 7 | 5 |
| Davis | 2025 | 27 | 18 | 8 |
| Davis | 2024 | 19 | 9 | ‹3 |
| Davis | 2023 | 19 | 3 | ‹3 |
| Davis | 2022 | 13 | 6 | ‹3 |
| Davis | 2021 | 25 | 11 | ‹3 |
| Irvine | 2025 | 54 | 15 | ‹3 |
| Irvine | 2024 | 55 | 9 | 3 |
| Irvine | 2023 | 45 | 4 | 3 |
| Irvine | 2022 | 28 | 4 | ‹3 |
| Irvine | 2021 | 38 | ‹3 | ‹3 |
| Los Angeles | 2025 | 61 | 9 | 7 |
| Los Angeles | 2024 | 57 | 8 | 6 |
| Los Angeles | 2023 | 44 | 3 | ‹3 |
| Los Angeles | 2022 | 31 | 3 | ‹3 |
| Los Angeles | 2021 | 46 | 4 | ‹3 |
| Merced | 2025 | 48 | 46 | ‹3 |
| Merced | 2024 | 24 | 22 | ‹3 |
| Merced | 2023 | 14 | 11 | ‹3 |
| Merced | 2022 | 11 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Merced | 2021 | 30 | 25 | 4 |
| Riverside | 2025 | 50 | 43 | 5 |
| Riverside | 2024 | 44 | 31 | ‹3 |
| Riverside | 2023 | 33 | 22 | 3 |
| Riverside | 2022 | 20 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Riverside | 2021 | 33 | 14 | ‹3 |
| San Diego | 2025 | 42 | 15 | ‹3 |
| San Diego | 2024 | 40 | 14 | ‹3 |
| San Diego | 2023 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
| San Diego | 2022 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| San Diego | 2021 | 20 | 7 | ‹3 |
| Santa Barbara | 2025 | 26 | 9 | ‹3 |
| Santa Barbara | 2024 | 36 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Santa Barbara | 2023 | 18 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Santa Barbara | 2022 | 14 | 8 | ‹3 |
| Santa Barbara | 2021 | 19 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Santa Cruz | 2025 | 25 | 12 | ‹3 |
| Santa Cruz | 2024 | 28 | 15 | ‹3 |
| Santa Cruz | 2023 | 18 | 10 | ‹3 |
| Santa Cruz | 2022 | 10 | 8 | ‹3 |
| Santa Cruz | 2021 | 23 | 11 | ‹3 |
| Universitywide | 2025 | 79 | 71 | 26 |
| Universitywide | 2024 | 82 | 68 | 17 |
| Universitywide | 2023 | 59 | 39 | 21 |
| Universitywide | 2022 | 40 | 31 | 11 |
| Universitywide | 2021 | 62 | 43 | 18 |
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.
| Subject | Taught by |
|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | this school |
| Biology | this school |
| Chemistry | this school |
| English Language and Composition | this school |
| English Literature and Composition | this school |
| Environmental Science | this school |
| Seminar | this school |
| Spanish Language and Culture | this school |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | this school |
| U.S. Government and Politics | this school |
| United States History | this school |
Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.
| Measure | This school |
|---|---|
| AP offered | offered |
| AP course count | 10 |
| AP enrollment | 297 |
| IB participation | not offered |
| Dual enrollment | not offered |
| Algebra I in grade 8 | not reported |
| Calculus sections | 1 |
| Physics sections | 1 |
| Chemistry sections | 14 |
| Total enrollment (CRDC) | 1,132 |
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.
SchoolScope scores and verdicts are our interpretation of public California Department of Education data — independent analysis, not an official rating. How we analyze · Request a correction