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The highest-poverty public high schools in Los Angeles County, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Los Angeles County, California, drawn from 396 qualifying public high schools. Harris Newmark Continuation leads the list at 100%, against a median of 86.1% 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

396

Los Angeles County, California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

86.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Harris Newmark Continuation	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	130	100%
2	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	392	99.2%
3	Nava College Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	598	99.2%
4	The SEED School of Los Angeles County	Los Angeles, CA	The SEED School of Los Angeles County District	High	206	99.0%
5	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	564	98.9%
6	Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	457	98.9%
7	Camino Nuevo High #2	Los Angeles, CA	Camino Nuevo High #2 District	High	512	98.8%
8	Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall	Downey, CA	Los Angeles County Office of Education	High	225	98.7%
9	Will Rogers Continuation	Van Nuys, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	136	98.5%
10	Augustus Hawkins High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,122	98.5%
11	Mervyn M. Dymally High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	654	98.3%
12	Aspire Pacific Academy	Huntington Park, CA	Aspire Pacific Academy District	High	562	98.0%
13	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	797	97.9%
14	Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	494	97.8%
15	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	263	97.7%
16	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	472	97.7%
17	West Adams Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	942	97.7%
18	Panorama High	Panorama City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,316	97.6%
19	Cal Burke High	Panorama City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	127	97.6%
20	Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High	El Monte, CA	El Monte Union High	High	293	97.6%
21	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. District	High	125	97.6%
22	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Ted K. Tajima High District	High	484	97.5%
23	University Pathways Public Service Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	121	97.5%
24	Manual Arts Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,001	97.5%
25	STEM Academy at Bernstein High	Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	599	97.5%
26	John C. Fremont Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,889	97.5%
27	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	853	97.4%
28	University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	110	97.3%
29	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	971	97.2%
30	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Acad DIST	High	603	97.2%
31	Synergy Quantum Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Synergy Quantum Academy District	High	564	97.2%
32	Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles District	High	141	97.2%
33	Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	317	97.2%
34	George Washington Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	738	97.2%
35	Communication and Tech at Diego Rivera Lrng Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	505	97.0%
36	Animo Pat Brown	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Pat Brown District	High	617	96.8%
37	Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy	Huntington Park, CA	Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy District	High	554	96.8%
38	Maywood Academy High	Maywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,012	96.7%
39	Paramount High	Paramount, CA	Paramount Unified	High	3,400	96.7%
40	School for the Visual Arts and Humanities	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	512	96.7%
41	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	326	96.6%
42	ICEF View Park Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	ICEF View Park Preparatory High District	High	313	96.5%
43	Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High District	High	533	96.4%
44	Belmont Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	614	96.4%
45	Animo South Los Angeles Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Animo South Los Angeles Charter District	High	585	96.4%
46	Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	493	96.3%
47	Lynwood High	Lynwood, CA	Lynwood Unified	High	1,858	96.3%
48	Theodore Roosevelt Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,678	96.3%
49	East Valley Senior High	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	558	96.2%
50	Vista High	Lynwood, CA	Lynwood Unified	High	186	96.2%

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