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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Central High	0.0mi	Public	9-12	716 East 14th St.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-1901	242	19	12.6	93.4%	5 (2.1%)	16 (6.6%)	214 (88.4%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	15.6	1744^th of 2135 public high schools	18.3%		14.9	1810^th of 2162 public high schools	16.3%	66		11.1	0.0	7.7				11.9	11.9				12.5	12.5	$32,888	$1,503	$31,385
Tri-C Community Day	0.0mi	Public	7-12	716 East 14th St. Second Fl.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 745-1901	231	17	13.9	96.1%	3 (1.3%)	18 (7.8%)	206 (89.2%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10.5	1924^th of 2135 public high schools	9.9%		14.4	1823^rd of 2162 public high schools	15.7%	101		3.0	0.0	2.1				5.3	5.3				7.7	7.7	$28,890	$1,504	$27,386
Santee Education Complex	0.6mi	Public	9-12	1921 South Maple Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 763-1000	1,582	80	19.8	93.4%	18 (1.1%)	65 (4.1%)	1,484 (93.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (0.6%)	43.6	1182^nd of 2135 public high schools	44.6%		35.2	1374^th of 2162 public high schools	36.4%	192		19.7	0.0	17.6				58.1	58.1				21.2	21.2	$24,068	$2,882	$21,186
Frida Kahlo High	0.6mi	Public	9-12	1924 South Los Angeles St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 763-1090	92	6	16.7	—	2 (2.2%)	7 (7.6%)	82 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	10.2	1944^th of 2135 public high schools	8.9%		9	2070^th of 2162 public high schools	4.3%	126		7.1		4.2				0.0	0.0				6.3	6.3	$24,295	$2,972	$21,323
Early College Academy-LA Trade Technical College	0.9mi	Public	9-12	400 West Washington Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 763-3685	272	13	21.5	93.8%	5 (1.8%)	12 (4.4%)	248 (91.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	91.1	180^th of 2135 public high schools	91.6%		79.5	417^th of 2162 public high schools	80.7%	237		63.9		63.9				83.3	83.3				47.2	47.2	$17,106	$1,436	$15,670
Orthopaedic Hospital	1.0mi	Public	9-12	300 West 23rd St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 765-2088	653	36	18.1	93.1%	14 (2.1%)	9 (1.4%)	596 (91.3%)	20 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.1%)	81.1	378^th of 2135 public high schools	82.3%		82.3	375^th of 2162 public high schools	82.7%	3		43.7		42.7				78.2	78.2				43.7	43.7	$23,023	$2,815	$20,208
Metropolitan Continuation	1.1mi	Public	9-12	727 South Wilson St.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 623-4272	62	4	15.7	—	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	60 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.9	1686^th of 2135 public high schools	21.0%		17.3	1737^th of 2162 public high schools	19.7%	51		11.8	0.0	7.1				26.3	26.3				10.5	10.5	$43,716	$4,801	$38,915
Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High	1.1mi	Public, Charter	9-12	644 West 17th St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 342-2870	456	24	18.7	94.7%	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.3%)	438 (96.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	89.3	218^th of 2135 public high schools	89.8%		89	218^th of 2162 public high schools	89.9%			62.6		61.3				69.6	69.6				55.4	55.4	$23,292	$1,365	$21,927
YouthBuild Charter School of California	1.2mi	Public, Charter	9-12	611 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 303	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	YouthBuild Charter School of California District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 741-2600	880	41	21.3	89.4%	16 (1.8%)	155 (17.6%)	677 (76.9%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.2%)	12.7	1821^st of 2135 public high schools	14.7%		12.7	1892^nd of 2162 public high schools	12.5%	71			11.5	11.5				12.6	12.6				3.5	3.5	$20,551	$855	$19,696
New Designs Charter	1.2mi	Public, Charter	6-12	2303 South Figueroa Way	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	New Designs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 765-9084	784	19	41.8	80.4%	15 (1.9%)	66 (8.4%)	624 (79.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (9.9%)	92.4	152^nd of 2135 public high schools	92.9%		73.2	533^rd of 2162 public high schools	75.3%	381	13.2	59.3		33.2	45.8	38.4	27.5	75.3	45.3	18.1	17.4	13.3	73.9	29.8	$23,280	$2,143	$21,137

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