Manual Arts Senior High

Manual Arts Senior High is a reasonably sized four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. The school hosts 1,001 students in grades 9 through 12.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Manual Arts Senior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manual Arts Senior High records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Manual Arts Senior High has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Manual Arts Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 17.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Manual Arts Senior High is one.

Menlo Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manual Arts Senior High. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manual Arts Senior High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Manual Arts Senior High has contracted 29%, going from 1,408 students in 2018 to 1,001 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.