# Western Avenue Technology Magnet *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `062271003456` - **School name**: Western Avenue Technology Magnet - **Location**: Los Angeles, CA 90062 - **Address**: 1724 West 53rd St. - **District**: Los Angeles Unified (LEAID `0622710`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Alternative/other - **School level**: Primary - **Grade range**: 0–8 - **Coordinates**: 33.99390, -118.30722 - **Phone**: (323)295-3261 - **Website**: https://westernavees.lausd.org ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 563 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 30 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 18.8:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 98.4% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: Green - math: Red - ela: Red - chronic_absent: Red ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 36.0% proficient — 298 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2024**: chronic absence 28.7% (160 students) [source: ca_dashboard] - **2020**: chronic absence 24.8% (137 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.6% (3 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 4.1% (22 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 98.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.1% — 75 students - **English Learners**: 32.5% — 173 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Autism**: 16 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 15 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 15 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 9 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 8 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $27,550 - **Federal share**: $6,849 - **State + local share**: $20,701 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 532 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $28,701,983 - **Federal share**: 19.2% - **State share**: 54.5% - **Local share**: 26.3% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $11,126,340 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $71,045 - **Poverty rate**: 16.1% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 14.1% - **Unemployment**: 6.5% - **Median gross rent**: $1,534 - **Foreign-born residents**: 36.1% - **Single-parent households**: 15.6% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 6.6 miles (EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES VERNON) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 115 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.26 miles (FORMER VACANT BUILDING AT 5700 S WESTERN AVE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: LOS ANGELES-CITY, DEPT. OF WATER & POWER - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 4 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2018-01-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.1636 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 6.8 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Libertas College Preparatory Charter** — 0.2 mi away, 27.8% (this school: 28.7%) - **Normandie Avenue Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 24.1% (this school: 28.7%) - **Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex** — 0.8 mi away, 21.9% (this school: 28.7%) - **Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 28.3% (this school: 28.7%) - **ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter** — 0.9 mi away, 19.5% (this school: 28.7%) ### ela proficiency - **Libertas College Preparatory Charter** — 0.2 mi away, 33.85% (this school: 28%) - **Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex** — 0.8 mi away, 31.75% (this school: 28%) - **Angeles Mesa Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 28.4% (this school: 28%) - **ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter** — 0.9 mi away, 38.25% (this school: 28%) - **KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy** — 0.9 mi away, 28.35% (this school: 28%) ### math proficiency - **Angeles Mesa Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Dr. James Edward Jones Primary Center** — 1.0 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **Computer Science Virtual Academy** — 1.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/western-avenue-technology-magnet-los-angeles/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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