Foshay Learning Center

3751 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, 90018 (Schools in Exposition Park)

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ENROLLMENT

2,210

STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ?

14:1

UNOFFICIAL API RANK ?

2/10

DIVERSITY RANK ?

2/10

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Student body

Student body ethnicity ?
  • Enrollment: 2,210 students
  • Free and reduced-price lunch: 84.9% ?
  • English language learners: 30.0%
  • Diversity rank: 2/10 ?
Source: 2009, 2010 state data

Faculty

Faculty ethnic breakdown ?
  • Total teachers: 155
  • Median teacher experience: 9 years
  • Student-teacher ratio: 14:1 ?
Source: 2008, 2009 state data

Performance

Academic Performance Index (API) ?
Unofficial Rank: 2/10 ?
Source: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 state data
California Standards Tests (STAR) ?
Students scoring "proficient" or above:

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  • Students in advanced math: 50% ?
  • No Child Left Behind (AYP) ?
    Fail: Missed five of 26 federal targets for 2012

    Fail: Missed 13 of 26 federal targets for 2011

    Fail: Missed 12 of 26 federal targets for 2010

    Fail: Missed 12 of 26 federal targets for 2009

    Fail: Missed 12 of 26 federal targets for 2008

    Fail: Missed 13 of 26 federal targets for 2007

    SAT Reasoning Test ?
    Source: 2009-2010 state data reported for 122 participants
    Math: 444   Reading: 438   Writing: 443

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      One comment about Foshay Learning Center

      this is a good school everyone that has a stake hold in the school do ther part it can come back to where it was 9 years ago but everyone need to do there parts, and support the principal decide and stop pointing fingers at each other and put foshay where it was 9 yrs ago and it will be the best high scool in south central. i know i been there with it there at the very top 100 school in the united states .it feel good to be a parent with a child there with such a honor. so please stop pointing finger and help get it back where it belong. at the top . my child is proud to say where she went to school at. to this day, it had it up and down but the school made it...

      — former parent
      July 29, 2009 at 11:18 a.m.

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