Buena Vista High

Set in Lakewood, California, Buena Vista High is a tiny four-year high school, operated by Paramount Unified. It caters to 180 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Buena Vista High sits 79% leaner than that benchmark.

Buena Vista High is one of 19 schools operated by Paramount Unified, a district that serves 11,623 students overall.

Demographically, Buena Vista High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest is composed of 12% Black, 2% White. 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 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Buena Vista High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Buena Vista High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Odyssey STEM Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buena Vista High.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Buena Vista High's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 196 (now 180). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 89% to 82%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.