Public schools in Lake Balboa, CA

Lake Balboa has 11 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,459 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Los Angeles Unified School District runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Lake Balboa's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Lake BalboaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Los Angeles Unified School District9427,795$22,606
Birmingham Community Charter High School13,058$17,874
High Tech LA District1359$16,864

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Lake Balboa, 3,810 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Birmingham Community Charter High3,16222.675.2%Birmingham Community Charter High School
High Tech LA36222.344.8%High Tech LA District
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet18313.671.6%Los Angeles Unified
Independence Continuation10318.785.4%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Lake Balboa, 1,098 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
William Mulholland Middle1,09819.489.9%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Lake Balboa, 1,961 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bassett Street Elementary60920.392.4%Los Angeles Unified
Cohasset Street Elementary45118.892.2%Los Angeles Unified
Lemay Street Elementary33419.686.8%Los Angeles Unified
Gault Street Elementary29819.982.9%Los Angeles Unified
Anatola Avenue Elementary26919.282.9%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Lake Balboa, 590 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-1259021.173.4%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Lake Balboa's public schools compare with California's

The median Lake Balboa school has 19.6 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 362 students (state 471).

Lake Balboa against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Lake BalboaCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.621.6
Median school size (students)362471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)82%74%
Charter schools18%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 11 Lake Balboa schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Lake Balboa

  1. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRuns 9 of Lake Balboa's 11 public schools and spent $22,606 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,606
  2. Birmingham Community Charter High, the largest high school in Lake Balboa3,162 students in 2024-25, 22.6 per teacher.3,162
  3. Compare Los Angeles Unified School District with Birmingham Community Charter High SchoolLake Balboa's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Lake Balboa addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Lake Balboa

  1. How many public schools are in Lake Balboa, CA?
    11 public schools with an address in Lake Balboa were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,459 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Lake Balboa?
    Birmingham Community Charter High, with 3,162 students in 2024-25 (Birmingham Community Charter High School).
  3. Which districts run Lake Balboa's schools?
    Los Angeles Unified School District (9 schools), Birmingham Community Charter High School (1 school), High Tech LA District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .