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Schools and Poverty
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In the LA Unified School District, most schools are high poverty schools.
(Chart 1 of 2)


Data Source: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ and http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/enrsch.htm

  • In the Five County Region, schools have varying proportions of students who are poor.
  • Nevertheless, in the 5CR, approximately 1/3 schools have 80% of students who are poor.
  • In Los Angeles County, approximately 2/5 schools have 80% of students who are poor.
  • Outside Los Angeles, only about 1/5 schools have ≥ 80% of students who are poor.
  • In Los Angeles Unified School District, almost 3/5 schools have ≥ 80% of students who are poor.
  • Thus, though poor schools are evenly distributed throughout the 5CR overall, poor schools are more concentrated in LACO than OLACO.

In the LA Unified School District, most students attend high poverty schools.
(Chart 2 of 2)


Data Source: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ and http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/enrsch.htm

  • In the Five County Region, students attend schools with varying proportions of students who are poor.
  • Nevertheless, in the 5CR, approximately 1/3 students attend schools with 80% of poor students.
  • In Los Angeles County, approximately 2/5 students attend schools with 80% of students who are poor.
  • Outside Los Angeles, only 1/10 students attend schools with 80% of poor students.
  • In Los Angeles Unified School District, almost 2/3 students attend schools with ≥ 80% of poor students.
  • Thus, though students are evenly distributed poor schools throughout the 5CR overall, students are more concentrated in poor schools in LACO than OLACO.

Last Updated: July 31, 2005

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