Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts

Located at 822 West 32nd St., in Los Angeles, California, Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts is a middle-of-the-pack multi-level school that serves 842 students (grades K through 12), part of Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts reports that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 7% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. The state averages about 18.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 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 Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts is one.

Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts has declined 20%, going from 1,051 students in 2018 to 842 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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