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Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies

322 Lucas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90017 · (213) 240-3850 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of California public high schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools

Enrollment
317
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
308 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 98326%
Grade 108527%
Grade 117223%
Grade 127724%
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
175%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
28891%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
83%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
18157%
Female
13643%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
49.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.2pp since 2014
Math
21.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.5pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts21.5%27.7%20.0%30.8%
Math12.3%9.2%24.6%53.9%
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

CAASPP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2549.2%21.5%
2023-2428.9%13.2%
2022-2326.0%3.9%
2021-2212.5%3.8%
2020-2121.2%6.5%
2018-1925.5%5.7%
2017-1820.3%5.1%
2016-1745.5%7.8%
2015-1656.0%20.0%
2014-1526.0%14.0%
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies

Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies this school31797.2%28.2%
Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
Los Angeles
32696.6%25.4%
PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High
Los Angeles
26595.1%N/A
Public Safety Academy
San Bernardino
39698.7%N/A
Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad
San Fernando
32196.0%29.3%
School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex
Los Angeles
39299.2%48.2%
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
28.2%#851 of 1,052#180 of 228
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
21.5%#624 of 1,056
▲ 198
#148 of 229
▲ 30
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
49.2%#723 of 1,056
▲ 264
#158 of 229
▲ 53
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+27.3pp#4 of 1,044#3 of 229
Enrollment
ranked largest first
317#1,187 of 2,093#314 of 486
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.3:1#170 of 1,352#58 of 358
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
17.1%#1,141 of 1,351#245 of 359
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
97.2%#50 of 1,575#33 of 396
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.6%#504 of 802#165 of 227
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
317
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531719.416.3:197% (308)
2023-2431018.716.6:198% (305)
2022-2332717.918.2:198% (322)
2020-213211916.9:199% (318)
2017-183471918.3:193% (322)
2015-163821821.2:193% (355)
2010-11349N/AN/A50% (176)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (347 to 317); teachers up 2% (19 to 19.4).

About Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies

Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies runs as a very small high school in Los Angeles, California. It had 317 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools with a combined 406,887 students. Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies is one of them.

Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% White and 3% Black. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.

There are about 16.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies, which has 19.4. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 18.2:1 for high schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.

On the allk12 Grade, Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies lands at B-, ahead of 48% of California public high schools.

Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies's results are 5.6 points above predicted: 28.2% against 22.6%.

In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies among them.

Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community is the nearest public school to Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 30.8% proficiency; Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies posts 28.2%.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (321) to 2024-25 (317).

Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.

Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students

Quick facts

School name
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies
District
Los Angeles Unified
Address
322 Lucas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone
(213) 240-3850
County
Los Angeles County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
317
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
16.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
308 (97%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
062271011888
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies
How many students attend Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies?
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies enrolls approximately 317 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies serve?
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies?
At Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies, the student body is approximately 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies public or private?
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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