Impact of COVID-19 on Mervyn M. Dymally 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 1697th of 2133 High schools | Ranks 1702nd of 2123 High schools | 0.6% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
| 11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mervyn M. Dymally High) | 23 | 20.6 | 2.4% |
| 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 (Mervyn M. Dymally High) | 5.6 | 4.8 | 0.8% |
| 11th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified) | 25.3 | 18.9 | 6.5% |
| 11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27 | 5.3% |
| 11th Grade Science (Mervyn M. Dymally High) | 3.7 | 5.7 | 2% |
| 11th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified) | 22.1 | 20.9 | 1.2% |
| 11th Grade Science (California) | 30.4 | 30.8 | 0.4% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021) |
Change (%) |
| Total Students | 736 | 672 | 8.7% |
| African American | 196 | 142 | 27.6% |
| American Indian | 0 | 1 | |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | |
| Hispanic | 535 | 518 | 3.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | |
| White | 4 | 3 | 25% |
| Two or More Races | 1 | 7 | 600% |
| % Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 90.9% | 98.2% | 7.3% |
