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Belmont Senior High

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Belmont Senior High ranks 1594 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1594^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 26% of California high schools

Summary

Belmont Senior High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 to approximately 614 students in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, operating within the Los Angeles Unified school district.

The school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom third of California high schools with a graduation rate of 49.8% and a dropout rate of 45.1% for the 2024-2025 year, alongside high chronic absenteeism at 40.4%. These metrics are dramatically lower than many nearby schools; for example, Downtown Business High graduates 97.7% of its students, and Alliance Ted K. Tajima High, a charter school with a similar high-need student population, achieves an 85th percentile state ranking compared to Belmont's 26th.

Interesting comparisons show that within the same local Contreras Learning Complex, specialized programs like the School of Business and Tourism perform significantly better, and Belmont's per-student spending is higher than some top-performing neighbors, indicating outcomes are not solely determined by resources. The school shows extreme year-to-year volatility in key metrics like graduation and math proficiency, suggesting underlying instability, while particularly struggling in mathematics where only 9.02% of students are proficient.

614

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,741

Per pupil spending ?

96.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1575 West 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026-5701

(213) 241-4300

District: Los Angeles Unified

Feeder schools for Belmont Senior High:

Elementary:	Alexandria Avenue Elementary
	Ann Street Elementary
	Betty Plasencia Elementary
	Castelar Street Elementary
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	Charles White Elementary
	Commonwealth Avenue Elementary
	Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary
	Elysian Heights Elementary School Arts Magnet
	Esperanza Elementary
	Frank del Olmo Elementary
	Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS)
	Lafayette Park Primary Center
	Lake Street Primary
	Leo Politi Elementary
	Logan Academy of Global Ecology
	MacArthur Park Elementary School for the Visual and Perf Arts
	Olympic Primary Center
	Rosemont Avenue Elementary
	Tenth Street Elementary
	Union Avenue Elementary
Middle:	John H. Liechty Middle
	Sal Castro Middle
	Virgil Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.5%

Asian:

5.4%

African American:

2.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the California average (50% vs 88%)

!Dropout rate above the California average (45% vs 8%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg39%

California avg41%

1,594^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

110^th of 153High Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	1594 of 2162	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	1525 of 2159	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	1766 of 2170	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	1502 of 2123	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.4	966 of 1290	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	1475 of 2133	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	1295 of 2017	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	31.8	1350 of 2021	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	43.0	1145 of 2039	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	38.7	1197 of 1994	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	27.5	1396 of 2426	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	22.5	1526 of 2354	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	26.8	1413 of 2367	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	25.2	1421 of 2281	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	27.8	1493 of 2238	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	20.8	1510 of 2117	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.4	1526 of 2063	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.0	1478 of 1968	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.8	1474 of 1901	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	21.1	1224 of 1653	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.7	858 of 1161	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	470 of 555	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.1	356 of 1117	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.2	167 of 1052	84.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.5	781 of 1085	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	928 of 1064	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	792 of 1044	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.6	315 of 467	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.5	445 of 941	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	32.8	581 of 938	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	1476 of 1906	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	1373 of 1915	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	1726 of 1915	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	1256 of 1858	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.7	870 of 1054	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.2	1323 of 1833	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.2	1224 of 1760	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	1457 of 1900	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.1	1387 of 1902	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	1549 of 1917	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	1263 of 1861	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.2	1277 of 1814	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.9	1131 of 1742	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	382 of 410	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	302 of 328	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	281 of 290	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	1451 of 2013	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	1438 of 2026	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	1607 of 2030	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.1	1332 of 1943	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.8	837 of 1126	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.1	1292 of 1937	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.3	1169 of 1862	37.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	1452 of 1942	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	1392 of 1948	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	1539 of 1963	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	1510 of 1916	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	888 of 1122	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	1335 of 1880	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.9	1198 of 1834	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	18.9	1146 of 1197	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	6.1	1077 of 1173	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)28th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)26th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)23rd percentile-4 vs school

White (2018)8th percentile-28 vs school

Homeless (2025)7th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2023)4th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy34%-14 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

Mathematics9%-28 vs state

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Let my words speak for themselves when I say... I attended BHS as a student, then I was a paraprofessional. Ultimately I became a teacher there as I realized I needed to give back to my community. Ben Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Harris Newmark Continuation	Public	9-12	1575 West Second St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 241-4480	130	8	17.2	100.0%	5 (3.8%)	3 (2.3%)	120 (92.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	16.3	1764^th of 2162 public high schools	18.4%		12.6	1911^th of 2159 public high schools	11.5%	147		7.0	0.0	4.7				8.3	8.3				13.8	13.8	$29,724	$7,798	$21,926
Belmont Senior High	Public	9-12	1575 West 2nd St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 241-4300	614	36	16.8	96.4%	14 (2.3%)	15 (2.4%)	537 (87.5%)	33 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	25.1	1594^th of 2162 public high schools	26.3%		28.6	1525^th of 2159 public high schools	29.4%	69		14.2		14.7				34.4	34.4				9.0	9.0	$27,741	$7,112	$20,629
Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	Public, Charter	6-12	1575 West 2nd St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 487-0600	201	13	15.3	96.0%	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	177 (88.1%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.0%)	22.3	1646^th of 2162 public high schools	23.9%		27.1	1551^st of 2159 public high schools	28.2%	95	4.4		4.2	4.3	14.3	16.7	3.6	36.7	18.2	0.0	4.2	0.0	3.5	1.9	$25,125	$7,340	$17,785
Alliance Ted K. Tajima High	Public, Charter	9-12	1552 W. Rockwood St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 241-8533	484	23	20.8	97.5%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	470 (97.1%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	84.3	327^th of 2162 public high schools	84.9%		79.9	418^th of 2159 public high schools	80.6%	91		53.6		54.0				85.7	85.7				32.4	32.4	$19,450	$2,325	$17,125
School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex	Public	9-12	322 Lucas Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 240-3840	392	20	19.5	99.2%	7 (1.8%)	8 (2.0%)	372 (94.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	66.3	668^th of 2162 public high schools	69.1%		54.6	888^th of 2159 public high schools	58.9%	220		26.0		23.5				65.4	65.4				37.7	37.7	$33,319	$8,469	$24,850
Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies	Public	9-12	322 Lucas Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 240-3850	317	19	16.3	97.2%	17 (5.4%)	8 (2.5%)	288 (90.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	49.8	1047^th of 2162 public high schools	51.6%		27.8	1544^th of 2159 public high schools	28.5%	497		28.6		26.5				49.2	49.2				21.5	21.5	$22,291	$4,863	$17,428
Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community	Public	9-12	322 Lucas Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 240-3815	392	24	16.6	96.2%	9 (2.3%)	4 (1.0%)	365 (93.1%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	41.8	1216^th of 2162 public high schools	43.8%		33.5	1411^th of 2159 public high schools	34.6%	195		20.8		19.2				48.0	48.0				18.4	18.4	$24,441	$4,632	$19,809
Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice	Public	9-12	322 South Lucas Ave.	Los Angeles	90017	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 240-3896	326	18	17.9	96.6%	7 (2.1%)	7 (2.1%)	308 (94.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	23.7	1624^th of 2162 public high schools	24.9%		29.2	1508^th of 2159 public high schools	30.2%	116		6.8		6.3				37.1	37.1				10.1	10.1	$23,539	$4,847	$18,692
Downtown Business High	Public	9-12	1200 West Colton St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 481-0371	819	46	17.9	81.4%	31 (3.8%)	19 (2.3%)	470 (57.4%)	275 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	19 (2.3%)	92.2	161^st of 2162 public high schools	92.6%		91.6	187^th of 2159 public high schools	91.3%	26		49.8		49.3				82.4	82.4				61.3	61.3	$19,219	$2,788	$16,431
Edward R. Roybal Learning Center	Public	9-12	1200 West Colton St.	Los Angeles	90026	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 580-6400	1,130	56	20.1	93.9%	15 (1.3%)	33 (2.9%)	1,016 (89.9%)	40 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	22 (1.9%)	40.7	1244^th of 2162 public high schools	42.5%		39	1263^rd of 2159 public high schools	41.5%	19		18.5		18.7				56.8	56.8				11.2	11.2	$24,805	$4,711	$20,094

Frequently Asked Questions about Belmont Senior High

What district is Belmont Senior High in?

Los Angeles Unified

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How many students attend Belmont Senior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 614 students attended Belmont Senior High.

What is the racial makeup of Belmont Senior High?

Students at Belmont Senior High are 87% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

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Belmont Senior High ranks 1594^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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