Dan M. Issacs Avalon High

Located at 1425 North Avalon Blvd., in Wilmington, California, Dan M. Issacs Avalon High is a rural-scale 9-12 campus that caters to 48 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 94% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Dan M. Issacs Avalon High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dan M. Issacs Avalon High shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 4% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Dan M. Issacs Avalon High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Phineas Banning Senior High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Dan M. Issacs Avalon High operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dan M. Issacs Avalon High has ticked down 42%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 48 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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