Whitney Young Continuation

Located at 3051 West 52nd St., in Los Angeles, California, Whitney Young Continuation is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus that caters to 25 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Whitney Young Continuation sits 97% leaner than that benchmark.

Whitney Young Continuation is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Whitney Young Continuation records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 44% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Whitney Young Continuation tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Whitney Young Continuation is one campus in the mix.

Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math and Med Magnet is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitney Young Continuation.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 60%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 25 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 70% to 48%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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