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The public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Los Angeles, California

Across Los Angeles, California, 461 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Alfonso B. Perez Special Education Center leads the list at 9.0:1, against a median of 19.6:1 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

461

Los Angeles, California

Best Students/teacher

9.0:1

Median Students/teacher

19.6:1

LOWEST RATIO · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Alfonso B. Perez Special Education Center	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	243	9.0:1
2	Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	264	9.2:1
3	The SEED School of Los Angeles County	Los Angeles, CA	The SEED School of Los Angeles County District	High	206	10.7:1
4	Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	243	11.2:1
5	L.A. County High School for the Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles County Office of Education	High	551	11.6:1
6	Horace Mann UCLA Community	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	440	12.6:1
7	Central High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	242	12.7:1
8	Boyle Heights Hilda Solis High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	256	12.8:1
9	Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	293	13.0:1
10	Audubon Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	446	13.1:1
11	Marina del Rey Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	300	13.4:1
12	Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math and Med Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	503	13.5:1
13	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	263	13.7:1
14	Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High District	High	239	13.8:1
15	PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High	Los Angeles, CA	PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High District	High	265	13.9:1
16	Tri-C Community Day	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	231	14.0:1
17	Wilton Place Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	297	14.2:1
18	Sal Castro Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	276	14.3:1
19	Harrison Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	229	14.3:1
20	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	457	14.4:1
21	Mervyn M. Dymally High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	654	14.8:1
22	Woodrow Wilson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,260	15.0:1
23	Daniel Webster Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	438	15.0:1
24	Edwin Markham Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	618	15.0:1
25	Breed Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	258	15.2:1
26	WESM Health/Sports Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	589	15.2:1
27	Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	382	15.3:1
28	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District	High	201	15.3:1
29	Forty-Second Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	215	15.4:1
30	Los Angeles Leadership Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Leadership Academy District	High	322	15.5:1
31	Laurel Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	262	15.5:1
32	George Washington Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	738	15.5:1
33	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	552	15.5:1
34	Harvard Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	249	15.6:1
35	Murchison Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	312	15.6:1
36	Animo Compton Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Compton Charter District	High	372	15.6:1
37	Loreto Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	250	15.6:1
38	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	441	15.7:1
39	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	564	15.7:1
40	Abraham Lincoln Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	913	15.8:1
41	Crown Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Crown Preparatory Academy District	Middle	446	15.8:1
42	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	472	15.8:1
43	Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Leichtman-Levine FAM Foundation Env Sci High DIST	High	296	15.8:1
44	Los Angeles Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	978	15.9:1
45	Utah Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	360	15.9:1
46	Hollywood Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,025	15.9:1
47	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	971	15.9:1
48	Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	209	16.1:1
49	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	797	16.1:1
50	George Washington Carver Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	635	16.1:1

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