Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center

Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center is a secondary school of micro-enrollment scale in San Pedro, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, teacheing 166 students in grade 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 8% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Seventh Street Elementary Arts Integration Magnet, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center.

Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 186 students in 2018 compared to 166 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 15% to 5% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.