| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Los Angeles County, CA |
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| Total Students |
2300 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
93 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 609 students | | Grade 10 - 634 students | | Grade 11 - 565 students | | Grade 12 - 422 students | | Grade Not Listed - 70 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:25 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
3% |
| % Asian |
4% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
57% |
39% |
| % Black |
1% |
9% |
| % White |
36% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
2 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
12% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
5% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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(CA) Statewide Testing Performance |
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| School District Name |
Whittier Union High School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
7 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
14,032 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$140,306,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$147,686,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,999 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$10,525 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- La Serna High School (abbreviated LSHS) is a public high school in Whittier, California that was founded in 1960 and is part of the Whittier Union High School District. The school's colors are Crimson, Gold and White.
- History
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La Serna High School was founded in 1960. The school has been a California Distinguished School four times, in 1990, 1996, 2003, and 2009.
- Students
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At La Serna High School, every Senior is required to complete the Senior Project in order to pass high school. The average class size at La Serna varies per grade level. For 9th graders, the average class size is 26, 31 for both 10th and 11th graders, and 28 for 12th graders.
- The students 2006 school year API score was 742, and improved to 777 at the end of 2007 school year.
- Approximately 59 percent of the enrolled at La Serna are of Latino or Hispanic origin, followed by Caucasians with a percentage of 39.
- For the 2007-2008 school year, there are approximately 2,410 students enrolled at La Serna.
- Link Crew
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Link Crew was a system implemented in 2006 that was aimed at helping incoming freshman students acclimate to the high school environment by having peer mentors help them through their first year at La Serna.
- The Freelancer
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left|thumb|200px|The controversial sex issue
- The Freelancer is the name of La Serna High School's newspaper, which has one issue released each month during the regular school year. The Freelancer is created and written by the students, who also allow feedback mail to which they respond. One teacher oversees the production of each newspaper per year.
- In 2006, English teacher Holly Vance was demoted from her position as the adviser of the newspaper's production,
- The Pennon
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La Serna High School's yearbook is called The Pennon, which, like The Freelancer, is created by the student body and a teacher adviser.
- Athletics
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La Serna High has a large athletics program. Their sports include football, track and field, cross country, soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, wrestling, and basketball.
[ MaxPreps.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.] Boys football and Boys & Girls Cross Country and Boys Water Polo and girls volleyball are held in the autumn; boys and girls basketball, soccer are held in the winter; and boys baseball and girls softball and boys and girls Track and field are held in the spring every school year. - Notable alumni
- Dave Dalby,
- Royce "The Voice" Reynolds,
- Andrea Barber,
- Tupe Peko,
- Adam Snyder,
- Notes and references
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- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (90605) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
38,180 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
19% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
30 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
3.8 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$50,630
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.1 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
53 years old |
39 years old |
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Zipcode (90605)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
69% / 31% |
58% / 42% |
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