Los Angeles Unified School District
Listed by NCES as Los Angeles Unified (district ID 0622710)
Public school district · Los Angeles County · California · NCES district ID 0622710
Los Angeles Unified School District spent $22,606 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 93% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,855). Its 783 schools enrolled 406,717 students in 2024-25; 55.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $25,643 per student, up 13.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 84% (California: 86.2%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among California's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Los Angeles Unified ranks 2.
Where the money came from
$14,773,154,000 in revenue: 55.0% state, 26.2% local and 18.8% federal. Total spending including $1,139,463,000 of capital outlay was $11,493,204,000, or $26,866 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$8,119,978,000 55%
- Local$3,877,058,000 26%
- Federal$2,776,118,000 19%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 646 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25
426,268 students in 2022-23, 418,503 students in 2023-24, 406,717 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 426,268 | 21760.1 | 19.6 |
| 2023-24 | 418,503 | 21730.2 | 19.3 |
| 2024-25 | 406,717 | 21246.2 | 19.1 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$2,259,136,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,281 per student
Los Angeles Unified School District booked $2,259,136,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 21,760 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $103,820 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 58 in 100 California districts with a figure (state median $99,744, 1,149 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $1,867,147,000 | 82.6% |
| Special education | $329,709,000 | 14.6% |
| Vocational | $8,824,000 | 0.4% |
| Other programs | $53,456,000 | 2.4% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,352 in 2018-19, $4,502 in 2019-20, $4,574 in 2020-21, $5,172 in 2021-22, $5,281 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in Los Angeles Unified School District scored proficient or above: 40% in reading and 30% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This district | California | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 40% | 45% | 193,169 |
| Math | 30% | 34% | 194,469 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
84% of the 32,396 students in Los Angeles Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | California | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 84% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 32,396 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
506 elementary schools, 204,584 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Ranch Community | 1,312 | 23.9 | 21.1% | Not reported |
| Harry Bridges Span | 1,171 | 20.4 | 85.1% | Not reported |
| Ellen Ochoa Learning Center | 1,052 | 18.5 | 92.5% | Not reported |
| Kester Avenue Elementary | 886 | 24.6 | 41.3% | Not reported |
| Carpenter Community Charter | 863 | 25.4 | 12.7% | Not reported |
| Lomita Math/Science/Technology Magnet | 853 | 23.1 | 63.7% | Not reported |
| Sylmar Leadership Academy | 850 | 20.7 | 75.3% | Not reported |
| South Park Elementary | 825 | 21.2 | 96.2% | Not reported |
| Union Avenue Elementary | 809 | 21.9 | 92.6% | Not reported |
| One Hundred Seventh Street Elementary | 804 | 20.1 | 97.0% | Not reported |
| Miles Avenue Elementary | 788 | 19.7 | 91.2% | Not reported |
| Colfax Charter Elementary | 774 | 25.7 | 28.9% | Not reported |
The other 494 elementary schools
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
83 middle schools, 69,304 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle | 1,784 | 22.7 | 51.0% | Not reported |
| Paul Revere Charter Middle | 1,715 | 23.7 | 30.5% | Not reported |
| George Ellery Hale Charter Academy | 1,693 | 23.8 | 46.1% | Not reported |
| Walter Reed Middle | 1,580 | 24.4 | 54.5% | Not reported |
| Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet | 1,547 | 19.2 | 71.1% | Not reported |
| Robert Frost Middle | 1,505 | 23.8 | 49.0% | Not reported |
| Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle | 1,461 | 24.0 | 46.4% | Not reported |
| Stephen M. White Middle | 1,423 | 19.7 | 75.7% | Not reported |
| Richard Henry Dana Middle | 1,355 | 21.3 | 77.8% | Not reported |
| Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle | 1,337 | 20.4 | 60.8% | Not reported |
| John Burroughs Middle | 1,302 | 20.8 | 74.0% | Not reported |
| Southeast Middle | 1,215 | 18.9 | 91.9% | Not reported |
The other 71 middle schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Gate Middle | 1,192 | 19.9 | 89.8% | Not reported |
| Louis Armstrong Middle | 1,174 | 21.7 | 59.2% | Not reported |
| James Madison Middle | 1,148 | 18.8 | 92.9% | Not reported |
| Henry T. Gage Middle | 1,139 | 17.0 | 91.2% | Not reported |
| Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet | 1,121 | 17.8 | 91.6% | Not reported |
| Alexander Fleming Middle | 1,110 | 18.0 | 84.0% | Not reported |
| William Mulholland Middle | 1,098 | 19.4 | 89.9% | Not reported |
| Robert E. Peary Middle | 1,082 | 18.6 | 87.5% | Not reported |
| Palms Middle | 1,081 | 19.6 | 67.8% | Not reported |
| Vista Middle | 1,080 | 18.0 | 94.4% | Not reported |
| Ernest Lawrence Middle | 1,076 | 20.9 | 66.8% | Not reported |
| Griffith Middle | 1,070 | 20.5 | 86.9% | Not reported |
| Chester W. Nimitz Middle | 1,057 | 17.3 | 90.1% | Not reported |
| Patrick Henry Middle | 1,053 | 18.0 | 70.4% | Not reported |
| Francisco Sepulveda Middle | 1,052 | 17.7 | 92.2% | Not reported |
| George K. Porter Middle | 1,009 | 18.8 | 69.5% | Not reported |
| Virgil Middle | 975 | 16.6 | 93.6% | Not reported |
| Mark Twain Middle | 974 | 19.1 | 54.9% | Not reported |
| Richard E. Byrd Middle | 933 | 20.2 | 83.9% | Not reported |
| Hollenbeck Middle | 927 | 17.7 | 92.6% | Not reported |
| Washington Irving Mid Sch Math Music and Engr Magnet | 909 | 17.6 | 60.2% | Not reported |
| Olive Vista Middle | 897 | 18.3 | 84.6% | Not reported |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle | 870 | 20.5 | 70.0% | Not reported |
| El Sereno Middle | 857 | 16.8 | 88.2% | Not reported |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Middle | 843 | 17.2 | 96.8% | Not reported |
| Andrew Carnegie Middle | 843 | 17.4 | 79.4% | Not reported |
| Thomas A. Edison Middle | 837 | 17.4 | 96.4% | Not reported |
| Los Angeles Academy Middle | 829 | 17.1 | 95.5% | Not reported |
| Luther Burbank Middle | 824 | 16.9 | 82.8% | Not reported |
| Pacoima Middle | 823 | 17.7 | 87.5% | Not reported |
| Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory | 792 | 18.6 | 94.1% | Not reported |
| Florence Nightingale Middle | 773 | 16.6 | 82.9% | Not reported |
| John A. Sutter Middle | 763 | 15.3 | 87.8% | Not reported |
| Mt. Gleason Middle | 753 | 18.3 | 77.6% | Not reported |
| John H. Liechty Middle | 748 | 16.8 | 97.3% | Not reported |
| Belvedere Middle | 734 | 16.9 | 93.3% | Not reported |
| Van Nuys Middle | 726 | 17.9 | 90.5% | Not reported |
| Young Oak Kim Academy | 715 | 19.9 | 96.2% | Not reported |
| Roy Romer Middle | 707 | 18.8 | 90.7% | Not reported |
| John Adams Middle | 676 | 17.8 | 93.8% | Not reported |
| Northridge Middle | 670 | 16.6 | 92.5% | Not reported |
| George Washington Carver Middle | 635 | 16.1 | 97.0% | Not reported |
| Joseph Le Conte Middle | 627 | 16.1 | 93.1% | Not reported |
| John Muir Middle | 624 | 18.3 | 97.9% | Not reported |
| William Jefferson Clinton Middle | 622 | 17.2 | 97.4% | Not reported |
| Edwin Markham Middle | 618 | 15.0 | 97.2% | Not reported |
| Charles Drew Middle | 607 | 17.8 | 97.5% | Not reported |
| Woodland Hills Academy | 607 | 18.5 | 78.1% | Not reported |
| Christopher Columbus Middle | 579 | 17.0 | 89.3% | Not reported |
| Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy | 572 | 17.6 | 96.9% | Not reported |
| Berendo Middle | 552 | 15.5 | 95.3% | Not reported |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle | 457 | 14.4 | 87.7% | Not reported |
| Bret Harte Preparatory Middle | 456 | 16.1 | 95.0% | Not reported |
| Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet | 456 | 17.4 | 79.2% | Not reported |
| Emerson Community Charter | 454 | 19.9 | 55.5% | Not reported |
| Audubon Middle | 446 | 13.1 | 91.9% | Not reported |
| San Fernando Middle | 442 | 15.6 | 92.1% | Not reported |
| Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle | 441 | 15.7 | 92.7% | Not reported |
| Daniel Webster Middle | 438 | 15.0 | 84.7% | Not reported |
| Samuel Gompers Middle | 406 | 17.6 | 95.1% | Not reported |
| Orchard Academies 2C | 395 | 20.4 | 91.9% | Not reported |
| San Fernando Institute of Applied Media | 384 | 18.9 | 85.2% | Not reported |
| Walnut Park Mid A Sch of Soc Just and Service Lrng | 371 | 19.3 | 88.9% | Not reported |
| Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad | 365 | 20.5 | 92.1% | Not reported |
| Orchard Academies 2B | 352 | 16.3 | 89.5% | Not reported |
| Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle | 341 | 16.1 | 83.9% | Not reported |
| Marina del Rey Middle | 300 | 13.4 | 84.0% | Not reported |
| Sal Castro Middle | 276 | 14.3 | 97.1% | Not reported |
| Pio Pico Middle | 253 | 16.8 | 92.9% | Not reported |
| Charles Maclay Middle | 238 | 12.9 | 95.4% | Not reported |
| Katherine Johnson STEM Academy | 133 | 14.6 | 69.2% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
175 high schools, 118,863 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Charter High | 2,719 | 22.6 | 65.5% | Not reported |
| North Hollywood Senior High | 2,444 | 20.5 | 67.8% | Not reported |
| Phineas Banning Senior High | 2,422 | 17.5 | 87.8% | Not reported |
| San Pedro Senior High | 2,398 | 20.5 | 72.7% | Not reported |
| Venice Senior High | 2,293 | 21.3 | 60.5% | Not reported |
| James A. Garfield Senior High | 2,237 | 17.6 | 88.6% | Not reported |
| Taft Charter High | 2,221 | 21.9 | 52.5% | Not reported |
| John F. Kennedy High | 2,152 | 20.3 | 65.8% | Not reported |
| John H. Francis Polytechnic | 2,124 | 19.0 | 89.7% | Not reported |
| Bell Senior High | 2,088 | 20.7 | 86.3% | Not reported |
| Alexander Hamilton Senior High | 2,055 | 17.4 | 71.1% | Not reported |
| Eagle Rock High | 2,031 | 19.8 | 46.2% | Not reported |
The other 163 high schools
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
19 other schools, 13,966 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies | 1,712 | 23.3 | 52.7% | Not reported |
| Foshay Learning Center | 1,530 | 19.6 | 83.1% | Not reported |
| Elizabeth Learning Center | 1,257 | 16.7 | 94.0% | Not reported |
| City of Angels | 1,058 | 21.4 | 84.1% | Not reported |
| New Open World Academy K-12 | 911 | 18.5 | 94.7% | Not reported |
| UCLA Community K-12 | 887 | 18.9 | 93.0% | Not reported |
| Virtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment | 878 | 20.2 | 85.5% | Not reported |
| Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts | 842 | 19.0 | 83.1% | Not reported |
| Virtual Academy STEAM | 816 | 19.7 | 80.6% | Not reported |
| Computer Science Virtual Academy | 765 | 22.2 | 78.6% | Not reported |
| Virtual Academy of International Studies/Humanities | 665 | 21.6 | 84.4% | Not reported |
| Virtual Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship | 641 | 22.8 | 83.9% | Not reported |
The other 7 schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 | 590 | 21.1 | 73.4% | Not reported |
| Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy | 573 | 27.1 | 89.9% | Not reported |
| Berenece Carlson Home Hospital | 381 | 3.9 | 82.9% | Not reported |
| Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center | 170 | 10.0 | 74.7% | Not reported |
| Marlton | 135 | 8.7 | 94.1% | Not reported |
| Sophia T. Salvin Special Education Center | 92 | 8.9 | 91.3% | Not reported |
| Sven Lokrantz Special Education Center | 63 | 9.5 | 68.3% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
2 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory
These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.
Hilda L. Solis Lrng Acad Sch of Tech Business and Ed
High school in Los Angeles; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 218 students; 12.8 students per teacher.
CDS Elementary
Elementary school in Chatsworth; open in 2024-25; 3 students; 1.5 students per teacher.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.
Contact Los Angeles Unified School District
- Website: lausd.org
- Phone: (213) 241-1000
- Office: 333 South Beaudry Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90017
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about Los Angeles Unified School District
- California districts by spending per studentLos Angeles Unified School District ranks 45 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($22,606).#45 of 646
- Every school district in CaliforniaLos Angeles Unified School District is the largest of 1,991 California districts, with 427,795 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#1 of 1,991
- San Diego UnifiedThe next smaller California district: 93,893 students in fall 2022, $20,783 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,783
- Compare Los Angeles Unified School District with San Diego UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Grover Cleveland Charter High, its largest high school2,719 students in 2024-25, 22.6 per teacher.2,719
- Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaLos Angeles Unified School District spent $103,820 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$103,820
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about Los Angeles Unified School District
How many schools and students are in Los Angeles Unified School District?
783 schools were open in 2024-25 (506 elementary, 83 middle, 175 high, 19 other), enrolling 406,717 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does Los Angeles Unified School District spend per student?
$22,606 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,855 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $25,643 per student, up 13.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does Los Angeles Unified School District's money come from?
$14,773,154,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 55.0% state, 26.2% local and 18.8% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in Los Angeles Unified School District live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 121,547 of the 643,249 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 18.9%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does Los Angeles Unified School District spend on teacher salaries?
$2,259,136,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,281 per student. Divided by the 21,760 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $103,820 per teacher, more than 58 in 100 California districts (state median $99,744). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in Los Angeles Unified School District do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in Los Angeles Unified School District scored proficient or above: 40% in reading and 30% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in Los Angeles Unified School District?
84% of the 32,396 students in Los Angeles Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is Los Angeles Unified School District's NCES district ID?
0622710. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
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Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25