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Enrollment
2,422
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002838
Phineas Banning Senior High
1527 Lakme Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 · (310) 847-3700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,422 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.5:1
139 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
2,215 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 9 | 760 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 560 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 499 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 603 | 25% |
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%
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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.3% | 28.8% | 22.5% | 26.5% |
| Math | 5.4% | 19.3% | 25.6% | 49.7% |
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 | 51.0% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 42.2% | 16.7% |
| 2021-22 | 37.5% | 12.4% |
| 2020-21 | 45.4% | 17.6% |
| 2018-19 | 59.1% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 35.5% | 17.6% |
| 2016-17 | 48.9% | 18.5% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Phineas Banning Senior High
Phineas Banning Senior High's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phineas Banning Senior High this school | 2,422 | 91.5% | 35.4% |
| Watsonville High Watsonville | 2,215 | 91.1% | 25.4% |
| Katella High Anaheim | 2,326 | 91.7% | 29.2% |
| James A. Garfield Senior High Los Angeles | 2,237 | 92.8% | 44.8% |
| South East High South Gate | 1,990 | 92.1% | 34.9% |
| Anaheim High Anaheim | 2,667 | 94.2% | 25.5% |
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 Phineas Banning Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #650 of 1,052 | #138 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #535 of 1,056 ▲ 157 | #131 of 229 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #684 of 1,056 ▲ 1 | #152 of 229 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #66 of 1,044 | #23 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,422 | #121 of 2,093 | #26 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #240 of 1,352 | #83 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,219 of 1,351 | #289 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #243 of 1,575 | #135 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #778 of 802 | #224 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
-68 (-3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 2,794
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
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 | 138.6 | 17.5:1 | 91% (2,215) |
| 2023-24 | 2,437 | 123.4 | 19.7:1 | 90% (2,190) |
| 2022-23 | 2,486 | 125.2 | 19.9:1 | 93% (2,310) |
| 2020-21 | 2,490 | 110 | 22.6:1 | 93% (2,323) |
| 2017-18 | 2,441 | 107 | 22.8:1 | 90% (2,196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,994 | 80 | 24.9:1 | 88% (1,746) |
| 2010-11 | 3,393 | N/A | N/A | 70% (2,391) |
| 2000-01 | 3,194 | 125 | 25.6:1 | 79% (2,528) |
| 1990-91 | 2,794 | 123 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phineas Banning Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (2,441 to 2,422); teachers up 30% (107 to 138.6).
About Phineas Banning Senior High
Phineas Banning Senior High is a large high school in Wilmington, California, administered by Los Angeles Unified. It enrolls 2,422 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. The school is 189% bigger than the average for high schools in California.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
Hispanic students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Phineas Banning Senior High lists 138.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.5 students per teacher. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 91% of the student body. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Phineas Banning Senior High earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of California public high schools.
Phineas Banning Senior High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.4% and a predicted 26.0%.
In Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Phineas Banning Senior High.
Phineas Banning Senior High's nearest public school is Dan M. Issacs Avalon High (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Phineas Banning Senior High. Phineas Banning Senior High places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Phineas Banning Senior High the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 68 students, from 2,490 to 2,422. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.5:1, from 22.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Phineas Banning Senior High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Phineas Banning Senior HighHow large is Phineas Banning Senior High?
Phineas Banning Senior High enrolls approximately 2,422 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Phineas Banning Senior High serve?
Phineas Banning Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Phineas Banning Senior High have?
Phineas Banning Senior High employs 139 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Phineas Banning Senior High?
Student demographics at Phineas Banning Senior High are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Phineas Banning Senior High in?
Phineas Banning Senior High is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.