Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies

Located at 5931 West 18th St., in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies is a heavily attended senior high that enrolls 1,357 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies records that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 16% Black, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies is one.

The closest other public school is Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 1,655 students in 2018 compared to 1,357 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 21% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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