# New Designs Charter

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060154810840`
- **School name**: New Designs Charter
- **Location**: Los Angeles, CA 90007
- **Address**: 2303 South Figueroa Way
- **District**: New Designs Charter District (LEAID `0601548`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 6–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 34.03099, -118.27517
- **Phone**: (213)765-9084

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 784
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 18
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 43.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 80.4%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Green
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Blue
  - ela: Red
  - chronic_absent: Red
  - graduation: Yellow

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 42.7% proficient — 431 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 86.8% (cohort of 91)
- **2021**: 92.0% (cohort of 85)

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 27.6% (103 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.1% (1 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 87.7%
- **Black/African American**: 0.1%
- **Asian**: 5.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 0.0%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 6.7%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 76.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 11.3% — 90 students
- **English Learners**: 15.2% — 121 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $19,003,659
- **Federal share**: 28.6%
- **State share**: 49.5%
- **Local share**: 22.0%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,884,146

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $25,725
- **Poverty rate**: 35.9%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 14.8%
- **Unemployment**: 23.0%
- **Median gross rent**: $878
- **Foreign-born residents**: 62.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 21.8%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.0 miles (EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES VERNON)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 5
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 196
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.04 miles (LOS ANGELES 2715 S SAN PEDRO ST)

### 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**: 3.7 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Orthopaedic Hospital** — 0.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 27.6%)
- **Norwood Street Elementary** — 0.3 mi away, 27.1% (this school: 27.6%)
- **Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College** — 0.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 27.6%)
- **Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High** — 0.4 mi away, 0.88% (this school: 27.6%)
- **Downtown Value** — 0.5 mi away, 24.2% (this school: 27.6%)

### ela proficiency
- **Orthopaedic Hospital** — 0.3 mi away, 65.5% (this school: 31.35%)
- **Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College** — 0.3 mi away, 45.55% (this school: 31.35%)
- **Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High** — 0.4 mi away, 40.25% (this school: 31.35%)
- **Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex** — 0.6 mi away, 34.35% (this school: 31.35%)
- **John Adams Middle** — 0.6 mi away, 60.8% (this school: 31.35%)

### graduation rate
- **Orthopaedic Hospital** — 0.3 mi away, 100% (this school: 86.8%)
- **Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College** — 0.3 mi away, 100% (this school: 86.8%)
- **Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High** — 0.4 mi away, 96.3% (this school: 86.8%)
- **Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex** — 0.6 mi away, 100% (this school: 86.8%)
- **Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts** — 0.6 mi away, 100% (this school: 86.8%)

### math proficiency
- **Orthopaedic Hospital** — 0.3 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College** — 0.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **John Adams Middle** — 0.6 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%)
- **Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts** — 0.6 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Equitas Academy 6** — 0.9 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/new-designs-charter-los-angeles/workforce

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*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). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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