Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad

Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad, an one-room-style senior high in San Fernando, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, caters to 321 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Arts/Theatre/Entertain Mag, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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