University Preparatory Value High

University Preparatory Value High is one of the tight-knit senior highs in Los Angeles, California, overseen by University Preparatory Value High District, with 493 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 838.

University Preparatory Value High sits inside University Preparatory Value High District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, University Preparatory Value High logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting University Preparatory Value High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at University Preparatory Value High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. University Preparatory Value High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Equitas Academy Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. University Preparatory Value High operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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