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Central Juvenile Hall

Public Grades 6-12
Summary

Central Juvenile Hall is a public high school in Los Angeles, California that serves grades 6-12, with a small student population of 138 students that is predominantly Hispanic (57.25%) and African American (34.78%). The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 1265 out of 1560 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Central Juvenile Hall consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in California, with abysmal academic outcomes that are dramatically worse than nearby schools. The school has extremely low graduation rates, ranging from just 4% to 48.8% over the past 5 years, compared to 85.1% at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High, 99.3% at Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High, and 89.2% at Theodore Roosevelt Senior High. Correspondingly, Central Juvenile Hall has alarmingly high dropout rates, ranging from 44.2% to 70.7%, which are 4-7 times higher than nearby schools.

The school's performance on standardized tests is abysmal, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math consistently below 15% and often at 0%, compared to 40-75% proficiency rates at higher-performing nearby schools. Central Juvenile Hall also has very high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 15.6% to 49.1%, which is significantly higher than the 37.8% at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High, 21.3% at Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High, and 34.8% at Theodore Roosevelt Senior High. The data suggests that Central Juvenile Hall is struggling to provide a quality education to its overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged student population, with outcomes that are dramatically worse than nearby schools.

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Students ?
12.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
97.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1605 Eastlake Ave.
       Los Angeles, CA  90033

(323) 225-4362

District: Los Angeles County Office of Education

Racial breakdown:

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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — <1st percentile in 2018 → 7th in 2023
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 7th (2023) from a <1st-percentile low (2018)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (6% vs 41% meeting standards)
!Graduation rate below the California average (49% vs 86%)
!Dropout rate above the California average (44% vs 8%)
Students meeting standards (2022-2023) ?
This school6%
District avg38%
California avg41%
Not ranked this year
Central Juvenile Hall did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202311.42016 of 21707.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.72111 of 21230.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.81270 of 12901.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.52082 of 21332.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.52014 of 20170.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.41991 of 20211.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.82010 of 20391.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.91931 of 19943.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201313.51962 of 242619.1%★☆☆☆☆
201217.31720 of 235426.9%★☆☆☆☆
201115.31834 of 236722.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201810.2557 of 5824.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202116.3544 of 5552.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.01051 of 10520.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202313.51701 of 191711.3%★☆☆☆☆
20188.01742 of 17420.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202311.11923 of 20305.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.01931 of 19430.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.01098 of 11262.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.91859 of 18620.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202310.41862 of 19635.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.71900 of 19160.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.51104 of 11221.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.01879 of 18800.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.41833 of 18340.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
High school
Hispanic (2023)11th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)5th percentile~ school
Male (2023)5th percentile~ school
African American (2018)4th percentile+4 vs school
Disabled (2021)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2022-2023) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy12%-34 vs state
Mathematics0%-35 vs state

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