Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet

Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 243 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet records that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 41%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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