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How has Manual Arts Senior High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,001
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003163
Manual Arts Senior High
4131 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90037 · (323) 846-7300 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,001 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
976 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 | 218 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 296 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 229 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 258 | 26% |
Student demographics
29%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
35.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.1pp since 2014
Math
11.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 38.5% |
| Math | 4.8% | 6.7% | 13.9% | 74.6% |
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 | 35.1% | 11.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 8.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.4% | 3.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.8% | 3.1% |
| 2020-21 | 23.9% | 10.6% |
| 2018-19 | 24.8% | 5.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 9.9% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 9.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Manual Arts Senior High
Manual Arts Senior High's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Arts Senior High this school | 1,001 | 97.5% | 20.6% |
| Coliseum College Prep Academy Oakland | 861 | 98.7% | 16.2% |
| Fremont High Oakland | 1,166 | 99.1% | 6.2% |
| Augustus Hawkins High Los Angeles | 1,122 | 98.5% | 21.4% |
| Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex Los Angeles | 998 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Madison Park Academy 6-12 Oakland | 676 | 98.4% | 11.9% |
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 Manual Arts Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #991 of 1,052 | #217 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #930 of 1,056 ▲ 37 | #206 of 229 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #955 of 1,056 ▲ 42 | #205 of 229 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #311 of 1,044 | #95 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,001 | #771 of 2,093 | #162 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #159 of 1,352 | #55 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #997 of 1,351 | #191 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #39 of 1,575 | #24 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #70 of 802 | #36 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
1,001
-131 (-12%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 2,500
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 1,001 | 61.9 | 16.2:1 | 98% (976) |
| 2023-24 | 1,039 | 64.8 | 16.0:1 | 95% (982) |
| 2022-23 | 1,026 | 65 | 15.8:1 | 97% (998) |
| 2020-21 | 1,132 | 72 | 15.7:1 | 96% (1,088) |
| 2017-18 | 1,408 | 72.8 | 19.3:1 | 91% (1,283) |
| 2015-16 | 1,553 | 78 | 19.9:1 | 90% (1,393) |
| 2010-11 | 3,460 | N/A | N/A | 90% (3,115) |
| 2000-01 | 3,918 | 153 | 25.6:1 | 79% (3,095) |
| 1990-91 | 2,500 | 112 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manual Arts Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,408 to 1,001); teachers down 15% (72.8 to 61.9).
About Manual Arts Senior High
The public high school Manual Arts Senior High is located in Los Angeles, California. Federal data show 1,001 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Manual Arts Senior High is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
Roughly 83% of students at Manual Arts Senior High are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 13% Black. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for Manual Arts Senior High is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Manual Arts Senior High has 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.2:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in California is 18.2:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at Manual Arts Senior High. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public high schools, Manual Arts Senior High outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Manual Arts Senior High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 20.6% actual against a predicted 22.4%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, 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.
Manual Arts Senior High's closest public school neighbor is Menlo Avenue Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Manual Arts Senior High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Manual Arts Senior High is 4th of 5 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 1,132 in 2020-21 to 1,001 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 Manual Arts Senior HighHow large is Manual Arts Senior High?
Manual Arts Senior High enrolls approximately 1,001 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Manual Arts Senior High serve?
Manual Arts Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Manual Arts Senior High have?
Manual Arts Senior High employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manual Arts Senior High?
At Manual Arts Senior High, the student body is approximately 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Manual Arts Senior High public or private?
Manual Arts Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.