Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Woodrow Wilson Senior High is a high-enrollment secondary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school teaches 1,260 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Woodrow Wilson Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Woodrow Wilson Senior High logs that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodrow Wilson Senior High sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 23.5%; actual is 38.6%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Woodrow Wilson Senior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Multnomah Street Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodrow Wilson Senior High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Woodrow Wilson Senior High operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Woodrow Wilson Senior High's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,488 (now 1,260). Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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