Impact of COVID-19 on Downtown Business High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 332nd of 2133 High schools | Ranks 152nd of 2123 High schools | 8.4% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Downtown Business High) | 81.6 | 88.7 | 7% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified) | 51.7 | 47.1 | 4.6% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 54.8 | 2.5% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Downtown Business High) | 68.8 | 58.1 | 10.6% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified) | 25.3 | 18.9 | 6.5% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27 | 5.3% |
11th Grade Science (Downtown Business High) | 56.1 | 56 | 0.2% |
11th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified) | 22.1 | 20.9 | 1.2% |
11th Grade Science (California) | 30.4 | 30.8 | 0.4% |
12th Grade Science (Downtown Business High) | 16.7 | 40.2 | 23.5% |
12th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified) | 8.2 | 16.6 | 8.5% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.8 | 1.2% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 1037 | 1043 | 0.6% |
African American | 66 | 55 | 16.7% |
American Indian | 2 | 0 | 100% |
Asian | 339 | 344 | 1.5% |
Hispanic | 581 | 593 | 2.1% |
Pacific Islander | 2 | 5 | 150% |
White | 46 | 28 | 39.1% |
Two or More Races | 1 | 18 | 1700% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 78.6% | 82.1% | 3.5% |