Kirby Dorothy Camp

Set in City Of Commerce, California, Kirby Dorothy Camp is a very small secondary school, overseen by Los Angeles County Office of Education. It serves 64 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Kirby Dorothy Camp sits 92% below that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Los Angeles County Office of Education (1,541 students total), Kirby Dorothy Camp accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Kirby Dorothy Camp shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Kirby Dorothy Camp is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bandini Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kirby Dorothy Camp.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 60%: 40 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 35% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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