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

109 public high schools in Los Angeles, California appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, 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 18.2:1 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

109

Los Angeles, California

Best Students/teacher

9.0:1

Median Students/teacher

18.2:1

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	Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math and Med Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	503	13.5:1
11	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	263	13.7:1
12	Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High District	High	239	13.8:1
13	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
14	Tri-C Community Day	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	231	14.0:1
15	Mervyn M. Dymally High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	654	14.8:1
16	Woodrow Wilson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,260	15.0:1
17	WESM Health/Sports Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	589	15.2:1
18	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District	High	201	15.3:1
19	Los Angeles Leadership Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Leadership Academy District	High	322	15.5:1
20	George Washington Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	738	15.5:1
21	Animo Compton Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Compton Charter District	High	372	15.6:1
22	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	564	15.7:1
23	Abraham Lincoln Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	913	15.8:1
24	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	472	15.8:1
25	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
26	Los Angeles Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	978	15.9:1
27	Hollywood Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,025	15.9:1
28	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	971	15.9:1
29	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	797	16.1:1
30	Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	517	16.1:1
31	Manual Arts Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,001	16.2:1
32	Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	317	16.3:1
33	Synergy Quantum Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Synergy Quantum Academy District	High	564	16.5:1
34	West Adams Preparatory High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	942	16.6:1
35	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	392	16.6:1
36	Belmont Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	614	16.9:1
37	WISH Academy High	Los Angeles, CA	WISH Academy High District	High	283	17.3:1
38	Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy District	High	1,159	17.4:1
39	Alexander Hamilton Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	2,055	17.4:1
40	Los Angeles High School of the Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	431	17.4:1
41	Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,102	17.4:1
42	Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	694	17.6:1
43	Fairfax Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,495	17.6:1
44	James A. Garfield Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	2,237	17.6:1
45	E. Los Angeles Renaiss Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #2	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	355	17.6:1
46	School for the Visual Arts and Humanities	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	512	17.6:1
47	Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science District	High	558	17.7:1
48	Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Acad DIST	High	433	17.8:1
49	Nava College Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	598	17.8:1
50	Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High District	High	525	17.9:1

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