Nava College Preparatory Academy

Nava College Preparatory Academy is a four-year high school of tight-knit scale in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, hosting 598 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Nava College Preparatory Academy sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Nava College Preparatory Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Nava College Preparatory Academy records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nava College Preparatory Academy has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nava College Preparatory Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.4%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Nava College Preparatory Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Senior High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nava College Preparatory Academy. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nava College Preparatory Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Nava College Preparatory Academy's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 774 (now 598). Class-load math has tightened: from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.