Thomas Riley High

Thomas Riley High is a micro-enrollment high school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. The school caters to 23 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 838.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Thomas Riley High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thomas Riley High logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Thomas Riley High has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Thomas Riley High is one.

The closest other public school is Compton Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 65%: 66 students in 2018 compared to 23 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 82% to 96% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.