James J. McBride Special Education Center
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Los Angeles, California
James J. McBride Special Education Center in Los Angeles, California enrolled 124 students in 2024-25 with 14.6 full-time teachers, 8.5 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was under 50% (California: 86.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 14% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 2%
144 students in 2022-23, 123 students in 2023-24, 124 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 14.9 to 14.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 144 | 14.9 | 9.7 |
| 2023-24 | 123 | 14.6 | 8.4 |
| 2024-25 | 124 | 14.6 | 8.5 |
8.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 93 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection James J. McBride Special Education Center enrolled 138 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent37.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
50.8% of students were Hispanic, 29.0% Black, 13.7% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic50.8%
- Black29.0%
- White13.7%
- Asian4.8%
- Two or more races1.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
under 50% of the 6 students in James J. McBride Special Education Center'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 school | Its district | California | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | under 50% | 84% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 6 | 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 school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Los Angeles
149 public high schools in Los Angeles report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Senior High | 2,293 | 21.3 | 60.5% |
| James A. Garfield Senior High | 2,237 | 17.6 | 88.6% |
| Alexander Hamilton Senior High | 2,055 | 17.4 | 71.1% |
| Eagle Rock High | 2,031 | 19.8 | 46.2% |
| John C. Fremont Senior High | 1,889 | 19.0 | 96.0% |
| John Marshall Senior High | 1,842 | 19.3 | 67.5% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Senior High | 1,678 | 19.5 | 92.8% |
| Santee Education Complex | 1,582 | 19.8 | 91.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about James J. McBride Special Education Center
- Phoenix ContinuationThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 61 students, 20.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Venice Senior HighThe next nearest public high school, 0.8 miles away: 2,293 students, 21.3 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
- Compare James J. McBride Special Education Center with Phoenix ContinuationStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Los Angeles Unified School District spends per student$22,606 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$22,606
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaJames J. McBride Special Education Center is the number 1,522 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#1,522 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher8.5 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.8.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about James J. McBride Special Education Center
How many students attend James J. McBride Special Education Center?
124 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 144 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Los Angeles, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at James J. McBride Special Education Center?
8.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is James J. McBride Special Education Center a Title I school?
James J. McBride Special Education Center has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.What is the graduation rate at James J. McBride Special Education Center?
under 50% of the 6 students in James J. McBride Special Education Center's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is James J. McBride Special Education Center in?
Los Angeles Unified School District, NCES district ID 0622710. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 062271007760 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
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 school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.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: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.