Los Angeles city-CA California Education Attainment Charts
This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2019 American Community Survey data. In the first chart, Figure 1 shows the number of people age 25 years or older who have graduated from high school or completed the GED or equivalent credential. Los Angeles city-CA shows it has 77% percent high school graduates or better which is the 6th ranked in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area . The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Marina del Rey with a high school graduates of 98% compares as 27.7% larger.
The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree is shown in Figure 2. Los Angeles city-CA indicates it has 34% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 4th smallest percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the other places in the area . The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Marina del Rey with a percent with a bachelors degree of 68% is about twice as large.
Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. Los Angeles city-CA illustrates it has 23% percent who dropped out of school which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area . The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Los Angeles CCD-CA with a percent who dropped out of school of 24% is only about 3.7% larger.
Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Los Angeles city-CA has the largest proportion of percent of people with High School (or GED) at 19.4% of the total and is ranked #1.
Los Angeles city-CA California School Enrollment Charts
The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Los Angeles city-CA has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 18.5% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next chart in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in each place shown. (Enrollment includes all students from preschool to graduate school.) Los Angeles city-CA shows it has 1,021,766 Total population enrolled in school which is more than all other places in the area . Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Los Angeles city-CA compares as only about 1.3% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of California, Total population enrolled in school of 10,468,812, Los Angeles city-CA compares as approximately a tenth the size.
Los Angeles city-CA California Area Schools Charts
Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: La Ballona Elementary, Palms Middle, Palms Elementary, Charnock Road Elementary, and Magnolia Science Academy 6. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Alexander Hamilton Senior High ranks the largest with a value of 3,048 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Culver City High (2,187), Palms Middle (1,600), Culver City Middle (1,465), and Daniel Webster Middle (637). The difference between the highest value (Alexander Hamilton Senior High) and the next highest (Culver City High) is that the enrolled students is about compares as 39.4% larger.
Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that James J. Mcbride Special Education Center ranks the largest with a value of 7.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Culver Park High (15.0), Magnolia Science Academy 6 (16.0), Daniel Webster Middle (16.8), and Magnolia Science Academy 4 (18.6). The difference between the lowest value (James J. Mcbride Special Education Center) and the next lowest (Culver Park High) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is about twice as large.
