Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center

Located at 19034 Gault St., in Reseda, California, Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center is a minimally staffed senior high that instructs 142 students (grades 11 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 83% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 29% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Virtual Academy of International Studies/Humanities, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 188 (now 142). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 56% to 49%.

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