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Mission Continuation

11015 O'Melveny Ave., San Fernando, CA 91340 · (818) 361-1777 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
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Enrollment
127
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
122 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 91512%
Grade 102016%
Grade 113628%
Grade 125644%
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
43%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
11994%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
22%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
8265%
Female
4535%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
12.5%
own-school result
Math
0.0%
own-school result
State assessment results for this school reflect a specialized student population. The figures above are the school's own reported scores; they are not directly comparable to state averages or to general-enrollment schools, so the usual state-average comparison line is suppressed here.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts0.0%12.5%31.3%56.3%
Math0.0%0.0%18.8%81.3%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2512.5%0.0%
2023-245.6%0.0%
2022-230.0%0.0%
2021-2217.6%6.3%
2018-190.0%0.0%
2017-182.9%0.0%
2016-1716.7%0.0%
2015-169.0%0.0%
2014-157.0%0.0%
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Not computed for this school
BeatsExpectations is not computed for specialized-population schools (schools for the deaf or blind, therapeutic and behavioral-health placements, juvenile-justice and alternative-education settings, and similar). State ELA/Math proficiency rates are not a comparable metric for these populations, so a demographically-adjusted residual against general-enrollment peers would be misleading. About the methodology →

Where Mission Continuation ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
127#1,495 of 2,093#379 of 486
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
96.1%#90 of 1,575#55 of 396
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 2024-25
Enrollment
127
+47 (+59%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 70
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 26.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251276.120.7:196% (122)
2023-241136.118.5:198% (111)
2022-23904.519.9:199% (89)
2020-2180326.7:194% (75)
2017-18653.518.6:195% (62)
2015-1661512.2:190% (55)
2010-1177N/AN/A81% (62)
2000-0162415.5:194% (58)
1990-9170323.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Continuation.

Since 2017-18: students up 95% (65 to 127); teachers up 75% (3.5 to 6.1).

About Mission Continuation

Mission Continuation is a very small high school for students in San Fernando, California. It has an enrollment of 127 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 85% below average.

Mission Continuation is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.

The share of Hispanic students at Mission Continuation is 94%. Enrollment also includes 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 45 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.

Its staff includes 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.7 students per teacher. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Mission Continuation has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 96%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.

In the wider Los Angeles County area, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.

Mission Continuation is about 0.2 miles from San Fernando Senior High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Mission Continuation is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.

Federal data put enrollment at 80 in 2020-21 and 127 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 26.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.7:1.

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Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Mission Continuation
District
Los Angeles Unified
Address
11015 O'Melveny Ave., San Fernando, CA 91340
Phone
(818) 361-1777
County
Los Angeles County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
127
Teachers (FTE)
6
Student–teacher ratio
20.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
122 (96%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
062271003189
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
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Frequently asked questions

About Mission Continuation
How large is Mission Continuation?
Mission Continuation enrolls approximately 127 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mission Continuation serve?
Mission Continuation serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Mission Continuation have?
Mission Continuation employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mission Continuation?
Student demographics at Mission Continuation are roughly 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Mission Continuation public or private?
Mission Continuation is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
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