Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High

Set in Los Angeles, California, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is a modestly sized 9-12 campus, run under Los Angeles Unified. It serves 694 students across grades 9 through 12.

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that instructs 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $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 Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Utah Street Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High has ticked down 36%, going from 1,088 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.