La Serna High

Set in Whittier, California, La Serna High is a sizable high school, run under Whittier Union High. It caters to 2,372 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 183% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Whittier Union High comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 9,798 students; La Serna High is among them.

In terms of who attends, La Serna High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest reads as 10% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting La Serna High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Serna High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), La Serna High is one campus in the mix.

Murphy Ranch Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Serna High. On composite proficiency, La Serna High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

La Serna High operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. La Serna High's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 2,718 (now 2,372). White enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 25.9:1 today.

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