Central City Value

Central City Value is one of the modestly sized 9-12 campuss in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Central City Value District, with 477 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Central City Value sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Central City Value answers to Central City Value District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Central City Value records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Central City Value higher than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Central City Value is one.

The closest other public school is Everest Value, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Central City Value operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Central City Value community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.