Intensive Learning Center

Located at 4718 East Michelson St., in Lakewood, California, Intensive Learning Center is a medium-sized K-5 school that enrolls 646 students (grades K through 6), run under Bellflower Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Intensive Learning Center is one of 15 schools operated by Bellflower Unified, a district that serves 9,573 students overall.

On demographics, Intensive Learning Center reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Intensive Learning Center tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Intensive Learning Center is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stephen Foster Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Intensive Learning Center at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Intensive Learning Center has contracted 10%, going from 715 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 58% to 74%.

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