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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High this year?
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Enrollment
694
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012438
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High
1200 Plaza Del Sol, Los Angeles, CA 90033 · (323) 981-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
656 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 154 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 176 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 184 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 26% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 25.3% | 26.0% | 29.9% |
| Math | 9.9% | 19.1% | 25.7% | 45.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 16.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.2% | 19.2% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 21.4% |
| 2020-21 | 47.1% | 31.1% |
| 2018-19 | 55.3% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 52.4% | 25.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.7% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High this school | 694 | 94.5% | 34.4% |
| Avenal High Avenal | 762 | 95.7% | 21.9% |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med Huntington Park | 729 | 93.4% | 49.0% |
| Animo Leadership High Inglewood | 634 | 92.7% | N/A |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy Huntington Park | 615 | 94.3% | 42.6% |
| Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High Los Angeles | 616 | 96.1% | N/A |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #675 of 1,052 | #146 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #450 of 1,056 ▲ 269 | #104 of 229 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #820 of 1,056 ▼ 128 | #176 of 229 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #357 of 1,044 | #44 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #894 of 2,093 | #200 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #247 of 1,352 | #87 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.7% | #1,277 of 1,351 | #316 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #148 of 1,575 | #89 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #37 of 802 | #23 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
694
-264 (-28%) vs 2020
+54% since 2010-11, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 694 | 39.6 | 17.6:1 | 95% (656) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 51.3 | 15.2:1 | 93% (727) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 51.1 | 17.7:1 | 96% (873) |
| 2020-21 | 958 | 52 | 18.4:1 | 95% (906) |
| 2017-18 | 1,088 | 50 | 21.8:1 | 94% (1,027) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 89% (815) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | N/A | N/A | 75% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (1,088 to 694); teachers down 21% (50 to 39.6).
About Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High, located in Los Angeles, California, is a small high school. It had 694 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students in 784 schools, including Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High.
At Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High, 97% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
The school had 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public high schools, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is 10.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.4% versus 24.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High's nearest public school is Utah Street Elementary (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is 2nd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
From 958 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 694 by 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez HighWhat is the total enrollment at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High?
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High enrolls approximately 694 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High serve?
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is approximately 17.6:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High?
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High public or private?
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.