New Designs Charter School-Watts

As a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, New Designs Charter School-Watts teaches 194 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by New Designs Charter School-Watts District. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

New Designs Charter School-Watts is a school of New Designs Charter School-Watts District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, New Designs Charter School-Watts lists that Black students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, New Designs Charter School-Watts has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 New Designs Charter School-Watts is one.

The closest other public school is Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, New Designs Charter School-Watts runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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