Carson Senior High

Carson Senior High, a roomy four-year high school in Carson, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, serves 1,407 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Carson Senior High is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Carson Senior High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 14% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carson Senior High has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Carson Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.2%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Carson Senior High is one.

The closest other public school is Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carson Senior High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Carson Senior High's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,520 (now 1,407). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 52% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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