King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Summary:

King/Drew Medical Magnet High is a public high school in Los Angeles, California, serving 1,343 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

King/Drew Medical Magnet High consistently ranks among the top high schools in California, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is significantly higher than the district and state averages, with 68.9% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 49.56% in the district and 55.73% statewide. The school also excels in supporting the academic achievement of various student subgroups, including African American, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status students.

While King/Drew Medical Magnet High has a high graduation rate of 97.9% and a low dropout rate of 0.3%, the school has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.6% in 2018-2019 to 25.9% in 2022-2023. This is in contrast to the nearby Compton Early College High School, which has maintained a much lower chronic absenteeism rate of 4.8%. Additionally, King/Drew Medical Magnet High has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 19.2 students per teacher, which may impact the school's ability to provide individualized attention and support to its predominantly low-income student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1601 East 120th St.
       Los Angeles, CA  90059-3025


(323) 566-0420

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
372nd of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,917 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  19.8 Help
Number of students:  1,359

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.0%
African American:
45.4%
Two or more races:
3.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.5% Help


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Compare Details King/Drew Medical Magnet High ranks better than 84% of high schools in California. It also ranks 11th among 158 ranked high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.8. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50%), African American (45.4%), two or more races (3.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at King/Drew Medical Magnet High is 19.8. 138 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare King/Drew Medical Magnet High employs 68.4 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at King/Drew Medical Magnet High is $9,917. 142 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

King/Drew Medical Magnet High:

SchoolDigger ranks King/Drew Medical Magnet High 372nd of 2323 California public high schools. (See King/Drew Medical Magnet High in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for King/Drew Medical Magnet High

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Rank History for all students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 29.64 942nd 1653 43.0%
2005 29.13 1070th 1901 43.7%
2006 37.32 909th 1968 53.8%
2007 40.57 860th 2063 58.3%
2008 37.24 987th 2117 53.4%
2009 46.61 836th 2238 62.6%
2010 47.42 831st 2281 63.6%
2011 48.81 827th 2367 65.1%
2012 48.56 834th 2354 64.6%
2013 52.51 724th 2426 70.2%
2015 72.59 497th 1994 75.1%
2016 76.39 440th 2039 78.4%
2017 83.14 353rd 2021 82.5%
2018 85.61 297th 2017 85.3%
2019 71.24 512th 2133 76.0%
2021 63.71 422nd 1290 67.3%
2022 59.05 736th 2123 65.3%
2023 75.63 404th 2348 82.8%
2024 76.80 372nd 2323 84.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 70.36 207th 1534 86.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.29 116th 1862 93.8%
2019 82.78 244th 1937 87.4%
2021 73.90 245th 1126 78.2%
2022 71.55 413th 1943 78.7%
2023 86.77 185th 2247 91.8%
2024 86.92 170th 2235 92.4%
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Rank History for Female students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.33 305th 1760 82.7%
2019 67.07 514th 1833 72.0%
2021 54.89 457th 1054 56.6%
2022 57.02 681st 1858 63.3%
2023 70.43 445th 2118 79.0%
2024 76.66 359th 2098 82.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 81.23 130th 1117 88.4%
2021 57.82 149th 555 73.2%
2022 73.79 174th 1161 85.0%
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Rank History for Male students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.16 292nd 1834 84.1%
2019 69.88 484th 1880 74.3%
2021 64.75 343rd 1122 69.4%
2022 56.50 714th 1916 62.7%
2023 81.62 284th 2207 87.1%
2024 73.23 409th 2172 81.2%
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Rank History for African American students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.21 53rd 582 90.9%
2019 72.49 123rd 592 79.2%
2022 66.12 133rd 522 74.5%
2023 85.58 77th 720 89.3%
2024 87.27 64th 721 91.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.32 53rd 1742 97.0%
2019 91.81 100th 1814 94.5%
2022 81.90 231st 1861 87.6%
2023 93.85 78th 2142 96.4%
2024 93.70 72nd 2125 96.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for King/Drew Medical Magnet High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 10 131 15 39 0 n/a n/a 0 195
1989 9 125 20 48 1 n/a n/a 0 203
1990 11 120 27 45 1 n/a n/a 0 204
1991 9 126 22 50 1 n/a n/a 0 208
1992 5 135 17 45 5 n/a n/a 0 207
1993 8 153 32 52 3 n/a n/a 0 248
1994 4 138 34 43 2 n/a n/a 0 221
1995 3 155 13 38 1 n/a n/a 0 210
1996 3 155 13 38 1 n/a n/a 0 210
1997 7 161 15 35 1 n/a n/a 0 219
1998 4 155 13 40 0 n/a n/a 0 212
1999 4 497 39 151 1 n/a n/a 0 692
2000 7 819 41 232 3 n/a n/a 0 1102
2001 9 1037 39 315 9 n/a n/a 0 1409
2002 5 1256 14 427 7 n/a n/a 0 1709
2003 5 1256 14 427 7 n/a n/a 0 1709
2004 9 1205 10 468 5 n/a n/a 0 1697
2005 8 1157 13 487 3 n/a n/a 0 1668
2006 8 1110 13 508 3 n/a n/a 0 1642
2007 9 1048 14 515 2 n/a n/a 11 1599
2008 5 1048 14 582 3 n/a n/a 0 1652
2009 5 994 14 635 3 2 26 0 1679
2010 4 933 12 658 6 3 19 0 1635
2011 1 924 14 696 8 1 3 0 1647
2012 3 886 10 719 7 2 6 0 1633
2013 5 850 11 776 4 1 0 0 1647
2014 4 761 10 826 3 3 0 0 1607
2015 9 702 10 832 2 2 7 0 1564
2016 9 664 8 875 3 1 10 0 1570
2017 10 670 8 873 3 2 4 0 1570
2018 14 663 10 876 4 1 5 0 1573
2019 12 632 12 904 3 2 2 0 1567
2020 15 645 15 868 2 2 8 0 1555
2021 17 671 12 880 1 2 6 0 1589
2022 14 570 8 777 0 1 10 0 1380
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1343 1343
2024 9 617 3 679 2 0 49 0 1359

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at King/Drew Medical Magnet High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1989 203 10.0 20.3 n/a
1990 204 10.1 20.1 n/a
1991 208 10.1 20.5 n/a
1992 207 10.3 20.0 43.5
1993 248 10.2 24.3 40.3
1994 221 10.2 21.7 44.3
1995 210 10.2 20.6 38.1
1996 210 10.2 20.6 38.1
1997 219 10.3 21.3 41.1
1998 212 11.3 18.8 50.9
1999 692 31.7 21.8 40.3
2000 1102 47.5 23.2 38.7
2001 1409 57.3 24.6 32
2002 1709 66.0 25.9 51.4
2003 1709 66.0 25.9 51.4
2004 1697 66.5 25.5 58
2005 1668 65.4 25.5 62.9
2006 1642 63.0 26.1 73
2007 1599 62.4 25.6 65.9
2008 1652 82.0 20.1 66.3
2009 1679 67.7 20.0 72.1
2010 1635 64.8 25.2 74.7
2011 1647 n/a n/a 75.5
2012 1633 65.5 24.9 n/a
2013 1647 61.5 26.7 79.2
2014 1607 62.5 25.7 88.3
2015 1564 62.0 25.2 81.6
2016 1570 62.0 25.3 88.7
2017 1570 63.0 24.9 82.1
2018 1573 65.0 24.2 90.5
2019 1567 66.5 23.5 84.8
2020 1555 n/a n/a 91.4
2021 1589 68.0 23.3 90.2
2022 1380 64.0 21.5 89.3
2023 1343 69.7 19.2 88.7
2024 1359 68.4 19.8 91.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio King/Drew Medical Magnet High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1989 203 10.0 20.3 n/a
1990 204 10.1 20.1 n/a
1991 208 10.1 20.5 n/a
1992 207 10.3 20.0 43.5
1993 248 10.2 24.3 40.3
1994 221 10.2 21.7 44.3
1995 210 10.2 20.6 38.1
1996 210 10.2 20.6 38.1
1997 219 10.3 21.3 41.1
1998 212 11.3 18.8 50.9
1999 692 31.7 21.8 40.3
2000 1102 47.5 23.2 38.7
2001 1409 57.3 24.6 32
2002 1709 66.0 25.9 51.4
2003 1709 66.0 25.9 51.4
2004 1697 66.5 25.5 58
2005 1668 65.4 25.5 62.9
2006 1642 63.0 26.1 73
2007 1599 62.4 25.6 65.9
2008 1652 82.0 20.1 66.3
2009 1679 67.7 20.0 72.1
2010 1635 64.8 25.2 74.7
2011 1647 n/a n/a 75.5
2012 1633 65.5 24.9 n/a
2013 1647 61.5 26.7 79.2
2014 1607 62.5 25.7 88.3
2015 1564 62.0 25.2 81.6
2016 1570 62.0 25.3 88.7
2017 1570 63.0 24.9 82.1
2018 1573 65.0 24.2 90.5
2019 1567 66.5 23.5 84.8
2020 1555 n/a n/a 91.4
2021 1589 68.0 23.3 90.2
2022 1380 64.0 21.5 89.3
2023 1343 69.7 19.2 88.7
2024 1359 68.4 19.8 91.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for King/Drew Medical Magnet High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,917

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on King/Drew Medical Magnet High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 512th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 404th of 2348 High schools
 6.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (King/Drew Medical Magnet High)69.277.4
 8.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)51.748.9
 2.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (King/Drew Medical Magnet High)36.935.3
 1.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)25.320
 5.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (King/Drew Medical Magnet High)28.136
 7.9%
   11th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)22.121.6
 0.4%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students15671343
 14.3%
African American6320
 100%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian120
 100%
Hispanic9040
 100%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White120
 100%
Two or More Races20
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients84.8%88.7%
 3.9%


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King/Drew Medical Magnet High ranks 372nd of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,359 students attended King/Drew Medical Magnet High.

Students at King/Drew Medical Magnet High are 50% Hispanic, 45% African American, 4% Two or more races.


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