Los Angeles High School of the Arts

Located at 701 South Catalina St., in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles High School of the Arts is a low-enrollment four-year high school that teaches 431 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Los Angeles High School of the Arts sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

Los Angeles High School of the Arts is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that educates 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Los Angeles High School of the Arts logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 8% Asian, 3% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Los Angeles High School of the Arts shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Los Angeles High School of the Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of +14.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles High School of the Arts is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Ambassador-Global Leadership, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Los Angeles High School of the Arts comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Angeles High School of the Arts has held roughly steady, going from 430 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Los Angeles High School of the Arts typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.