Hollywood Senior High

Hollywood Senior High operates as a moderately sized high school in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,025 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 838.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Hollywood Senior High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hollywood Senior High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Black, 13% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Hollywood Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hollywood Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.3%; this one delivers 37.5%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Hollywood Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gardner Street Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollywood Senior High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hollywood Senior High's enrollment has edged down 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,525 (now 1,025). Class-load math has tightened: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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