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What's something Mayfair High does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,422
High
DISTRICT 1,508 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLFLOWER UNIFIED·NCES 060444000402
Mayfair High
6000 North Woodruff Ave., Lakewood, CA 90713 · (562) 925-9981 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,422 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
22.1:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
1,705 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 7 | 427 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 387 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 431 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 357 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 439 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 381 | 16% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
26.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.0% | 36.4% | 24.4% | 19.2% |
| Math | 9.5% | 16.8% | 25.7% | 48.0% |
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 | 56.4% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 22.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.3% | 19.1% |
| 2020-21 | 94.2% | 71.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 56.1% | 32.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.7% | 30.8% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Mayfair High
Mayfair High's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfair High this school | 2,422 | 70.4% | 38.6% |
| Colony High Ontario | 2,109 | 69.7% | 38.0% |
| Lincoln High Stockton | 2,801 | 70.8% | 39.3% |
| Stagg Senior High Stockton | 1,677 | 74.6% | 25.4% |
| Highland High Palmdale | 2,706 | 63.9% | 27.1% |
| Hayward High Hayward | 1,580 | 75.1% | 33.4% |
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 Mayfair High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #565 of 1,052 | #121 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #504 of 1,056 ▲ 43 | #120 of 229 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #548 of 1,056 ▲ 131 | #124 of 229 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #236 of 1,044 | #78 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,422 | #120 of 2,093 | #25 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #878 of 1,352 | #259 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #399 of 1,351 | #60 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #863 of 1,575 | #288 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #305 of 802 | #118 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
2,422
-398 (-14%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,883
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 2,422 | 109.5 | 22.1:1 | 70% (1,705) |
| 2023-24 | 2,457 | 111.6 | 22.0:1 | 73% (1,782) |
| 2022-23 | 2,578 | 114.6 | 22.5:1 | 70% (1,803) |
| 2020-21 | 2,820 | 125 | 22.6:1 | 63% (1,782) |
| 2017-18 | 2,839 | 127.5 | 22.3:1 | 56% (1,576) |
| 2015-16 | 3,023 | 135 | 22.4:1 | 55% (1,651) |
| 2010-11 | 3,515 | N/A | N/A | 48% (1,701) |
| 2000-01 | 2,967 | 114 | 26.0:1 | 27% (794) |
| 1990-91 | 1,883 | 73 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayfair High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (2,839 to 2,422); teachers down 14% (127.5 to 109.5).
About Mayfair High
Mayfair High is a large high school found in Lakewood, California. The school's 2,422 students are in grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
Bellflower Unified counts 9,573 students in its 15 schools, and Mayfair High is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Mayfair High is 59% Hispanic. It is also 15% Black, 11% Asian, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Mayfair High comes in at 60%.
The school reports 109.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.1 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 70% of students. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is about the same, 70%.
Mayfair High is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mayfair High is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.6% actual, 38.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mayfair High is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The next-closest public school is Esther Lindstrom Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mayfair High. Its average proficiency rate of 38.6% is below the 42.5% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Mayfair High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 14%, from 2,820 to 2,422.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellflower Unified
- Bellflower HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Craig Williams ElementaryElementary · 478 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Esther Lindstrom Elementary0.4 mi · 552
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.5 mi · 457
- Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy0.9 mi · 280
- Gompers1.0 mi · 366
- Stephen Foster Elementary1.0 mi · 501
- Bellflower Alternative Education Center1.0 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Mayfair HighHow large is Mayfair High?
Mayfair High enrolls approximately 2,422 students in grades 07-12.
Is Mayfair High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mayfair High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Mayfair High have?
Mayfair High employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Mayfair High?
Student demographics at Mayfair High are roughly 9% White, 59% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mayfair High public or private?
Mayfair High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellflower Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.