Renaissance County Community

Renaissance County Community, a minimally staffed four-year high school in Hawthorne, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles County Office of Education, serves 132 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Renaissance County Community is one of 9 schools operated by Los Angeles County Office of Education, a district that enrolls 1,541 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Renaissance County Community logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Renaissance County Community has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Renaissance County Community is one.

The closest other public school is F. D. Roosevelt Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Renaissance County Community.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Renaissance County Community's enrollment has decreased 42% since 2018, when it stood at 229 (now 132). Class-load math has fell: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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