UCLA Community K-12

Set in Los Angeles, California, UCLA Community K-12 is a moderately sized K-12 campus, run under Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 887 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), UCLA Community K-12 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, UCLA Community K-12 lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 10% Asian, 2% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, UCLA Community K-12 logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, UCLA Community K-12 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), UCLA Community K-12 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: School for the Visual Arts and Humanities, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UCLA Community K-12. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UCLA Community K-12 at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UCLA Community K-12 has ticked down 12%, going from 1,004 students in 2018 to 887 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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