Mt. Lukens Continuation

Mt. Lukens Continuation, a micro-enrollment senior high in Tujunga, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, teaches 38 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 95% smaller than typical.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Mt. Lukens Continuation is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mt. Lukens Continuation logs that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 8% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Mt. Lukens Continuation tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Mt. Lukens Continuation qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, 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%. Mt. Lukens Continuation is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Verdugo Hills Senior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Mt. Lukens Continuation's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 54 (now 38). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 67% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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