Mayfair High

Mayfair High, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Lakewood, California, overseen by Bellflower Unified, works with 2,422 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Mayfair High sits 189% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Bellflower Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 9,573 students, Mayfair High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mayfair High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% Asian, 9% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Mayfair High logs 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Mayfair High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.6%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Mayfair High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Esther Lindstrom Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mayfair High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mayfair High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Mayfair High's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 2,839 (now 2,422). The White share of enrollment decreased from 15% to 9% over that span.

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