Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet

Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet operates as a very small four-year high school in Sylmar, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 205 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that enrolls 406,887 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% 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 above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sylmar Charter High, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sylmar Biotech Health and Engineering Magnet has edged down 18%, going from 250 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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