We the People High

As a very small four-year high school in Long Beach, California, We the People High enrolls 46 students from grades 9 through 12, run under We the People High District. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

We the People High sits inside We the People High District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, We the People High records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting We the People High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at We the People High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 We the People High is one.

Intellectual Virtues Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

We the People High operates from an inner-city location. We the People High operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.