Mervyn M. Dymally High

Mervyn M. Dymally High is a public high school in Los Angeles, California, serving 720 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 791 out of 1,543 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mervyn M. Dymally High consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in standardized test scores, with only 40.14% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and just 14.18% proficient or better in mathematics. The school's 4-year graduation rate of around 86% is slightly lower than the district and state averages, and its dropout rate, ranging from 6.5% to 8.9%, is higher. Chronic absenteeism is also a significant issue, with rates ranging from 20.4% to 39.5%, well above the district and state averages. While the school's African American and Hispanic students generally perform better than the overall school, they still lag behind the district and state averages, and English Language Learners and students with disabilities perform significantly worse.

Interestingly, the schools in the immediate vicinity of Mervyn M. Dymally High, such as Thomas Riley High and John Hope Continuation, generally perform worse than Mervyn M. Dymally High across various metrics. However, some of the higher-performing schools in the area are public charter schools, such as Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy, Animo Pat Brown, and Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High, which tend to outperform Mervyn M. Dymally High and the district averages in academic achievement, graduation rates, and other key metrics.