Ambassador-Global Leadership

Located at 701 South Catalina St., in Los Angeles, California, Ambassador-Global Leadership is a modestly sized secondary school that works with 472 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Ambassador-Global Leadership sits 44% leaner than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Ambassador-Global Leadership is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ambassador-Global Leadership shows that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Ambassador-Global Leadership tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ambassador-Global Leadership tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ambassador-Global Leadership is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: School for the Visual Arts and Humanities, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ambassador-Global Leadership at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 18% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ambassador-Global Leadership typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.