New Designs Charter School-Watts
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Los Angeles, California
New Designs Charter School-Watts in Los Angeles, California enrolled 194 students in 2024-25 with 11.4 full-time teachers, 17.0 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). On the state tests, 8-34% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (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 24% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 3%
255 students in 2022-23, 239 students in 2023-24, 194 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 11.0 to 11.4.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 255 | 11.0 | 23.1 |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 7.0 | 33.9 |
| 2024-25 | 194 | 11.4 | 17.0 |
17.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 63 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).
2 AP courses and one counselor per 313 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection New Designs Charter School-Watts enrolled 313 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses2
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 313 of the 313 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent1.6% (2022-23)
Who attends
55.7% of students were Black, 31.4% Hispanic, 8.2% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Black55.7%
- Hispanic31.4%
- Two or more races8.2%
- White4.1%
- Pacific Islander0.5%
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.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at New Designs Charter School-Watts scored proficient or above: 8-34% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 8‑34% | 8‑34% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 15‑19% | 0‑27% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
85-89% of the 68 students in New Designs Charter School-Watts'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 | 85‑89% | 85‑89% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 68 | 68 | 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 New Designs Charter School-Watts
- Animo Watts College Preparatory AcademyThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 546 students, 19.4 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Animo Compton CharterThe next nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 372 students, 15.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Compare New Designs Charter School-Watts with Animo Watts College Preparatory AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Watts School spends per student$25,980 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$25,980
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaNew Designs Charter School-Watts is the number 1,373 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#1,373 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher17.0 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.17.0:1
- 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 New Designs Charter School-Watts
How many students attend New Designs Charter School-Watts?
194 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 255 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Los Angeles, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at New Designs Charter School-Watts?
17.0 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 New Designs Charter School-Watts a Title I school?
New Designs Charter School-Watts 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.How do students at New Designs Charter School-Watts do on state tests?
The students tested at New Designs Charter School-Watts scored proficient or above: 8-34% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 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 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at New Designs Charter School-Watts?
85-89% of the 68 students in New Designs Charter School-Watts'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 New Designs Charter School-Watts in?
Watts School, NCES district ID 0601543. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060154312456 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 state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.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.