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Enrollment
1,384
High
DISTRICT 1,036 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000002
Artesia High
12108 East Del Amo Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90715 · (562) 229-7700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,384 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,194 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 349 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 355 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 308 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 372 | 27% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.8pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 29.2% | 27.5% | 25.3% |
| Math | 8.3% | 16.6% | 18.9% | 56.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.9% | 27.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.0% | 27.8% |
| 2016-17 | 70.6% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 29.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Artesia High
Artesia High's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia High this school | 1,384 | 86.3% | 33.5% |
| Tennyson High Hayward | 1,511 | 83.9% | 15.3% |
| Erma Duncan Polytechnical High Fresno | 1,186 | 86.6% | 39.3% |
| Washington High Fresno | 1,096 | 87.1% | 39.3% |
| Western High Anaheim | 1,446 | 89.9% | 31.7% |
| Savanna High Anaheim | 1,466 | 89.6% | 28.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Artesia High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #695 of 1,052 | #150 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #527 of 1,056 ▲ 83 | #128 of 229 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #758 of 1,056 ▲ 71 | #163 of 229 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #527 of 1,044 | #152 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,384 | #613 of 2,093 | #125 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #331 of 1,352 | #121 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #866 of 1,351 | #158 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #435 of 1,575 | #196 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #571 of 802 | #175 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,384
-74 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,762
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,384 | 75.1 | 18.4:1 | 86% (1,194) |
| 2023-24 | 1,441 | 73.5 | 19.6:1 | 88% (1,272) |
| 2022-23 | 1,397 | 75.1 | 18.6:1 | 85% (1,191) |
| 2020-21 | 1,458 | 73 | 20.0:1 | 79% (1,151) |
| 2017-18 | 1,482 | 71.9 | 20.6:1 | 77% (1,135) |
| 2015-16 | 1,549 | 66 | 23.5:1 | 76% (1,173) |
| 2010-11 | 1,480 | N/A | N/A | 72% (1,071) |
| 2000-01 | 1,791 | 83 | 21.6:1 | 37% (663) |
| 1990-91 | 1,762 | 80 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Artesia High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,482 to 1,384); teachers up 4% (71.9 to 75.1).
About Artesia High
Artesia High is the name of a large high school in Lakewood, California. A federal count lists 1,384 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 65% bigger than that.
Artesia High is part of ABC Unified, where 30 schools serve 17,570 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Artesia High, at 77%. The remaining students are 11% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Artesia High's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 75.1 full-time equivalents, or about 18.4 students per teacher. That matches the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 86%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Artesia High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Artesia High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (33.5%) and its predicted rate (29.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle is the public school closest to Artesia High, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Artesia High ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.5% against a local average of 45.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,384 students in 2024-25, 74 fewer than the 1,458 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.0:1 to 18.4:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Other Artesia High schools
One other US public school is named Artesia High. Artesia High is the largest of the 2.
- ARTESIA HIGHARTESIA, NM · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle0.3 mi · 542
- Palms Elementary0.4 mi · 463
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.5 mi · 681
- Willow Elementary0.5 mi · 346
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.7 mi · 338
- Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle0.8 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Artesia HighWhat is the total enrollment at Artesia High?
Artesia High enrolls approximately 1,384 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Artesia High serve?
Artesia High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Artesia High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Artesia High is approximately 18.4:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Artesia High?
Student demographics at Artesia High are roughly 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Artesia High?
Artesia High is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.