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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in Los Angeles County, California

This ranking covers the fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in Los Angeles County, California, drawn from 227 qualifying public high schools. Youth Opportunities Unlimited leads the list at -82.4%, against a median of -15.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

227

Los Angeles County, California

Best Enrollment change

-82.4%

Median Enrollment change

-15.0%

FASTEST DECLINING · LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Youth Opportunities Unlimited	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	290	51	-82.4%
2	Reid High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	220	50	-77.3%
3	Soc Just Leadership Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #5	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	346	121	-65.0%
4	Malibu High	Malibu, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	951	387	-59.3%
5	Educational Partnership High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	803	331	-58.8%
6	Central High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	503	242	-51.9%
7	Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet	Lake Balboa, CA	Los Angeles Unified	355	183	-48.5%
8	Applied Technology Center	Montebello, CA	Montebello Unified	546	295	-46.0%
9	Bowman (Jereann) High (Continuation)	Santa Clarita, CA	William S. Hart Union High	415	224	-46.0%
10	Morningside High	Inglewood, CA	Inglewood Unified	751	407	-45.8%
11	Renaissance County Community	Hawthorne, CA	Los Angeles County Office of Education	229	132	-42.4%
12	Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation)	Cerritos, CA	ABC Unified	278	164	-41.0%
13	Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	409	243	-40.6%
14	Vail High (Continuation)	Montebello, CA	Montebello Unified	367	219	-40.3%
15	Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles	Harbor City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	489	296	-39.5%
16	WESM Health/Sports Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	965	589	-39.0%
17	Lawndale High	Lawndale, CA	Centinela Valley Union High	2,283	1,403	-38.5%
18	South Gate Senior High	South Gate, CA	Los Angeles Unified	2,734	1,681	-38.5%
19	Cesar Chavez Continuation High	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	417	263	-36.9%
20	Belmont Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	973	614	-36.9%
21	West Adams Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,491	942	-36.8%
22	Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Arts/Theatre/Entertain Mag	San Fernando, CA	Los Angeles Unified	472	300	-36.4%
23	Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,088	694	-36.2%
24	Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math and Med Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	781	503	-35.6%
25	North Park Continuation High	Baldwin Park, CA	Baldwin Park Unified	285	186	-34.7%
26	Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences	Granada Hills, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,151	757	-34.2%
27	Joaquin Miller Career and Transition Center	Reseda, CA	Los Angeles Unified	249	164	-34.1%
28	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	397	263	-33.8%
29	John H. Glenn High	Norwalk, CA	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	1,322	882	-33.3%
30	William Workman High	City Of Industry, CA	Hacienda la Puente Unified	1,080	723	-33.1%
31	Hollywood Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,525	1,025	-32.8%
32	Baldwin Park High	Baldwin Park, CA	Baldwin Park Unified	1,868	1,260	-32.5%
33	La Puente High	La Puente, CA	Hacienda la Puente Unified	1,152	813	-29.4%
34	Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High	Harbor City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	2,195	1,549	-29.4%
35	Cabrillo High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	2,331	1,652	-29.1%
36	Manual Arts Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,408	1,001	-28.9%
37	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	454	326	-28.2%
38	West Ranch High	Valencia, CA	William S. Hart Union High	2,470	1,777	-28.1%
39	Paramount High	Paramount, CA	Paramount Unified	4,722	3,400	-28.0%
40	Lakewood High	Lakewood, CA	Long Beach Unified	3,196	2,305	-27.9%
41	Pasadena High	Pasadena, CA	Pasadena Unified	1,807	1,303	-27.9%
42	Van Nuys Senior High	Van Nuys, CA	Los Angeles Unified	2,712	1,969	-27.4%
43	Arleta High	Arleta, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,418	1,038	-26.8%
44	R. Rex Parris High	Palmdale, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	637	469	-26.4%
45	Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	398	293	-26.4%
46	Bassett Senior High	La Puente, CA	Bassett Unified	1,012	747	-26.2%
47	Bell Gardens High	Bell Gardens, CA	Montebello Unified	2,752	2,046	-25.7%
48	Montebello High	Montebello, CA	Montebello Unified	2,532	1,907	-24.7%
49	Los Angeles Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,293	978	-24.4%
50	Arroyo High	El Monte, CA	El Monte Union High	2,161	1,638	-24.2%

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