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Enrollment
1,889
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003023
John C. Fremont Senior High
7676 South San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 565-1200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,889 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.0:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
1,841 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 | 511 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 501 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 472 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 21% |
Student demographics
19%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
32.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
13.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.9% | 21.5% | 23.4% | 44.2% |
| Math | 3.7% | 10.2% | 21.1% | 65.0% |
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 | 32.4% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 14.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 11.8% |
| 2021-22 | 31.9% | 8.1% |
| 2020-21 | 44.4% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.7% | 13.9% |
| 2017-18 | 38.6% | 11.7% |
| 2016-17 | 47.6% | 11.4% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 John C. Fremont Senior High
John C. Fremont Senior High's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John C. Fremont Senior High this school | 1,889 | 97.5% | 24.5% |
| Lynwood High Lynwood | 1,858 | 96.3% | 27.2% |
| Del Oro High Bakersfield | 1,927 | 96.3% | 23.9% |
| Indian Springs High San Bernardino | 1,810 | 96.8% | 27.2% |
| Perris High Perris | 2,096 | 95.3% | 23.3% |
| South High Bakersfield | 2,107 | 96.8% | 36.3% |
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 John C. Fremont Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #936 of 1,052 | #199 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #869 of 1,056 ▼ 85 | #191 of 229 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #981 of 1,056 ▼ 66 | #214 of 229 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #452 of 1,044 | #128 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,889 | #352 of 2,093 | #70 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #404 of 1,352 | #148 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #1,107 of 1,351 | #234 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #42 of 1,575 | #26 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #291 of 327 | #37 of 41 |
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
1,889
-125 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 2,448
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 1,889 | 99.3 | 19.0:1 | 97% (1,841) |
| 2023-24 | 2,002 | 105.7 | 18.9:1 | 96% (1,925) |
| 2022-23 | 2,027 | 103.2 | 19.6:1 | 98% (1,990) |
| 2020-21 | 2,014 | 94 | 21.4:1 | 98% (1,969) |
| 2017-18 | 1,871 | 87 | 21.5:1 | 96% (1,797) |
| 2015-16 | 2,001 | 89 | 22.5:1 | 91% (1,823) |
| 2010-11 | 4,337 | N/A | N/A | 71% (3,093) |
| 2000-01 | 4,611 | 169 | 27.3:1 | 62% (2,854) |
| 1990-91 | 2,448 | 103 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John C. Fremont Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,871 to 1,889); teachers up 14% (87 to 99.3).
About John C. Fremont Senior High
At 7676 South San Pedro St. in Los Angeles, California, John C. Fremont Senior High operates as a large high school. The school enrolls 1,889 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 125% above that.
Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools with a combined 406,887 students. John C. Fremont Senior High is one of them.
John C. Fremont Senior High enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. The school is also 7% Black. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at John C. Fremont Senior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
John C. Fremont Senior High operates with 99.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.0:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. John C. Fremont Senior High reports 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Measured against California public high schools, John C. Fremont Senior High receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
John C. Fremont Senior High is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (24.5% versus 22.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. John C. Fremont Senior High is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The next-closest public school is John Hope Continuation, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts John C. Fremont Senior High at 4th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put John C. Fremont Senior High inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
John C. Fremont Senior High saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 21.4:1 to 19.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for John C. Fremont Senior High can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 John C. Fremont Senior HighHow large is John C. Fremont Senior High?
John C. Fremont Senior High enrolls approximately 1,889 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does John C. Fremont Senior High serve?
John C. Fremont Senior High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does John C. Fremont Senior High have?
John C. Fremont Senior High employs 99 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is John C. Fremont Senior High?
John C. Fremont Senior High reports a student body of 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is John C. Fremont Senior High public or private?
John C. Fremont Senior 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.