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Downey, California - 8 schools
1,533
Total Enrollment
8
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Los Angeles County Office of Education operates 8 public schools serving 1,533 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
The funding mix is 32.0% local, 18.7% state, and 49.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 55.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 28.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% African American, 7.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is L.a. County High School for the Arts, with a diversity index of 75.0/100.
Its largest campus is L.a. County High School for the Arts, enrolling 551 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rockey Glenn Camp, at 27 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
L.a. County High School for the Arts accounts for 35.9% of all Los Angeles County Office of Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Los Angeles County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Los Angeles County Office of Education school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Los Angeles County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 551 students (highest), a spread of 524 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Los Angeles County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Los Angeles County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 56:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Los Angeles County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 28.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Los Angeles County Office of Education is typically wider than the Los Angeles County Office of Education-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Los Angeles County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Los Angeles County Office of Education?
Los Angeles County Office of Education has 8 schools, including 2 high, 6 combined. Total enrollment is 1,533 students.
What is the demographic composition of Los Angeles County Office of Education?
Los Angeles County Office of Education students are 65.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% African American, 7.4% White, 6.0% Asian, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.