Compton Early College High

Compton Early College High is one of the small secondary schools in Compton, California, one of the schools within Compton Unified, with 556 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 838.

Compton Unified comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 16,304 students; Compton Early College High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Compton Early College High logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Compton Early College High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 65.4%, a residual of +36.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Compton Early College High is one.

The closest other public school is Willowbrook Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Compton Early College High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Compton Early College High's enrollment has increased 135% since 2018, when it stood at 237 (now 556). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 30.8:1 today.

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