Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community

Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community operates as a low-enrollment senior high in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 392 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 25.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $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 Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community is one.

Nearest neighbor: School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.