High · California

James J. McBride Special Education Center

Special educationFree meals for all

James J. McBride Special Education Center, a public high school in Los Angeles, California: grades 6–12, 124 students, 8.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Los Angeles Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 124
Teachers (FTE): 14.6
Students per teacher: 8.5
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Los Angeles Unified

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Location

Address: 3960 Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone: (310)391-0568
City or town: Los Angeles
County: Los Angeles County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Phoenix ContinuationAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	61	20.4	0.6 mi
Venice Senior HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,293	21.3	0.8 mi
Culver Park HighAlternative	10–12	40	16.0	1.7 mi
Culver City High	9–12	2,012	19.6	1.7 mi
Animo Venice Charter HighCharterFree meals for all	9–12	335	15.0	1.9 mi
Magnolia Science Academy 4CharterFree meals for all	6–12	132	17.5	2.0 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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