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Which teacher or staff member at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
729
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271013173
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med
6361 Cottage St., Huntington Park, CA 90255 · (323) 584-3800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of California public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
21.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
681 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 | 199 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 196 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 160 | 22% |
Student demographics
3%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
67.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.0% | 42.4% | 20.4% | 12.2% |
| Math | 8.1% | 28.5% | 25.0% | 38.4% |
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 | 67.4% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.9% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 30.3% |
| 2020-21 | 61.5% | 37.1% |
| 2018-19 | 74.2% | 35.3% |
| 2017-18 | 68.1% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.4% | 14.8% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in California's top 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 Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med this school | 729 | 93.4% | 49.0% |
| Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High Los Angeles | 694 | 94.5% | 34.4% |
| Avenal High Avenal | 762 | 95.7% | 21.9% |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy Huntington Park | 615 | 94.3% | 42.6% |
| Animo Leadership High Inglewood | 634 | 92.7% | N/A |
| Orange Cove High Orange Cove | 635 | 91.2% | 47.1% |
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 Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #340 of 1,052 | #75 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #320 of 1,056 ▲ 126 | #70 of 229 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #300 of 1,056 ▲ 12 | #63 of 229 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #509 of 1,044 | #148 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #873 of 2,093 | #193 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #698 of 1,352 | #227 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.5% | #1,324 of 1,351 | #345 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #187 of 1,575 | #108 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #701 of 802 | #206 of 227 |
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
729
-69 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 729 | 34.6 | 21.1:1 | 93% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 32 | 22.7:1 | 91% (664) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 31.9 | 22.3:1 | 96% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 798 | 34 | 23.5:1 | 95% (760) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 28.3 | 26.6:1 | 92% (691) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 24 | 28.6:1 | 90% (617) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (752 to 729); teachers up 23% (28.3 to 34.6).
About Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med
A mid-sized high school in Huntington Park, California, Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med is part of Los Angeles Unified. The school enrolls 729 students in grades 9 through 12.
Los Angeles Unified counts 784 schools and 406,887 students, including Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med.
Of every 100 students at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med, about 98 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 93% of students at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of California public high schools.
Test results at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med are 24.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.0%, compared with a predicted 24.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med from the closest public school, Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med is 1st of 4 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 798 (2020-21) to 729 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 23.5 in 2020-21 to 21.1 in 2024-25.
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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 Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl MedHow large is Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med?
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med serve?
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med.
What is the student diversity at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med?
Student demographics at Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med in?
Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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