High Tech LA

High Tech LA, a small high school in Lake Balboa, California, run under High Tech LA District, works with 362 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

Operationally, High Tech LA answers to High Tech LA District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, High Tech LA logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting High Tech LA higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at High Tech LA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), High Tech LA is one campus in the mix.

Magnolia Science Academy 2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around High Tech LA.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. High Tech LA operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.