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Apr 14, 2021 · Black students in Los Angeles County continue to face a multitude of barriers to an equitable education, including concentrated poverty, high suspension rates and housing insecurity, a UCLA...
- Melissa Gomez
- Staff Writer
- melissa.gomez@latimes.com
Aug 25, 2016 · A total of 20 schools—14 district schools and six charter schools—that fall under the LA Unified umbrella are among the bottom 5 percent of low-performing schools in the state of California.
Feb 4, 2019 · For the first time in six years, California has released the names of its lowest-performing schools. The 780 schools are in the bottom 5 percent of public K-12 schools as measured by the state’s new accountability tool, the California School Dashboard, and require “comprehensive school improvement.”. The state identified a total of 1,640 ...
Nov 2, 2020 · Grades of D and F have increased in the Los Angeles Unified School District among middle and high school students in a troubling sign of the toll that distance learning — and the coronavirus...
Oct 8, 2019 · More than 19,500 students experienced homelessness in the 2018-2019 school year, and more than 8,500 lived in foster homes. About $160 million is spent annually to feed students in the district, reaching a majority of students in almost every school.
Three to four times more students at high-poverty schools than at low-poverty schools struggled with economic and social stressors, including unstable housing, hunger and lack of medical and dental care.
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Jun 18, 2019 · There are more than 2,000 public schools in Los Angeles County, but only 15 percent of low-income African-American and Latino students attend a top public school, the study found. It lists the schools that are helping these students succeed.
