Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy

Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, with 572 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.8%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one.

Synergy Kinetic Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy has grew 32%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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