Downtown Magnets High School

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Downtown Magnets High School
EdwardRoybalLearningCenter.jpg
The Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, where the school resides
Address
Downtown Magnets High School
1200 Colton Street

Los Angeles
,
California
90026

United States
Coordinates 34°03′42″N118°15′14″W / 34.06172974099776°N 118.25397860025885°W / 34.06172974099776; -118.25397860025885
Information
Former nameDowntown Business Magnet
Downtown Business High
Type
Motto"Home of the Suns"
Established1981 (1981)
School district Los Angeles Unified School District
NCES District ID 0622710 [1]
NCES School ID 062271007757 [2]
PrincipalSean Teer
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,043 (2020–2021)
 •  Grade 9 278
 •  Grade 10 248
 •  Grade 11 283
 •  Grade 12 234
Student to teacher ratio21.50 (2020–2021)
Schedule type Block scheduling
Color(s)  Green
  Gold
Athletics conference CIF Los Angeles City Section
MascotSun
Accreditations WASC, [3] IBO [4]
USNWR ranking194 (national)
PublicationThe Sunrise Press (2022–present)
NewspaperThe Helios (2016–present)
Website www.downtownmagnets.org

Downtown Magnets High School (DMHS) is an alternate magnet high school located in the Temple-Beaudry neighborhood near Downtown Los Angeles. The school belongs to the Downtown/MacArthur Park Community of Schools [5] and houses three magnet programs: Business (DBM), and Electronic Information (EIM), and the International Baccalaureate (IB). The three magnets combined hold a total student population of approximately 1,000 students.

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Previously sharing a campus with the television station KLCS on West Temple Street, the school relocated to the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center beginning of the 2022–2023 year. [6]

History

Aerial view of the former campus in 1999. DMHS near Four Level Interchange, 1999.jpg
Aerial view of the former campus in 1999.

After founding the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in 1977, David Peha founded Downtown Business Magnet in 1981 as a component of LAUSD's expanding voluntary integration program specializing in bushiness training. [7] The school's first class consisted of 55 sophomores from different neighborhoods around Downtown Los Angeles. The first campus was previously a storage room for the textbooks used by LAUSD and shared the area with television station KLCS; before that the area previously being used by Custer Avenue School that was demolished in 1949 to make way for U.S. Route 101. [8] [9] The school was focused on introducing a business program into the curriculum and mimicking a business environment.

In 1994, the Electronic Information Magnet was created for specialization in technology and multimedia. Because of the new magnet, Downtown Business Magnet adopted the name Downtown Magnets to incorporate both. [10]

On June 6, 2022, the school announced that it would be relocating to another campus after 40 years. They moved to the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in the summer before the 2022–2023 school year. [6]

Academics and programs

Upper gate at the former campus, 2021. Downtown Magnets High School, 2021.jpg
Upper gate at the former campus, 2021.

Downtown Business Magnet

The Downtown Business Magnet was the first magnet program established at DMHS, and is the largest magnet program, with approximately 45% of the school's population. The curriculum includes accounting, business organization, corporate management, sales, entrepreneurship, careers, international relations, and the use of technology in business. It includes the Academy of Finance and the Academy of Fashion Design & Merchandising.

The Academy of Fashion Design & Merchandising was established in 1992 under as the Fashion Careers Center to educate students on the design and fabrication of general clothing apparel. [11] In 2014, the Fashion Careers Center was combined along with the existing Academy of Finance of DBM. It was renamed the "Academy of Fashion" in 2015, and then to "Academy of Fashion Design & Merchandising" in 2017.

Electronic Information Magnet

The Electronic Information Magnet was established in 1994. [11] It has the second largest student population out of the three magnet programs and includes studies in computer science, computer programming and web design. [10] The magnet program was developed with the Los Angeles Central Library and the UCLA Graduate School of Education in collaboration with several local business leaders and LAUSD board members. The program incorporates technology and STEM into students' high school education. [12]

International Baccalaureate

DMHS is a part of the International Baccalaureate diploma program, being authorized for the program on October 8, 2014. [13] [14]

Grings College Center

The Grings College Center was founded to assist students for college by helping with applications, financial aid, and scholarships. Previously known as simply the College Center, it was renamed in 2005 to honor Carol Grings, a college counselor who also served as a math teacher, and coordinator for DMHS from 1982 until 2005, when she died from cancer. [15]

In the 2021–2022 school year, the Los Angeles Times ran a story about the Center and the college counselor, Lynda McGee, and how they helped students from the school rival the college admissions rate of elite private schools. [16] [17]

Athletics

The school participates in sports such as basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, volleyball, and track and field. [18] Prior to the campus relocation, as they did not have a large enough room for classes, physical education classes would regularly be at school, Elysian Park, Echo Park Lake, or Griffith Park. [19]

In 2012, the boys and girls' tennis teams were introduced, and in the next year, the girls' tennis team won the school's first championship over El Camino Real Charter High School. [20]

Demographics and rankings

Demographics of student body
Breakdown201920202021
Native Americans <1%<1%<1%
Hispanic and Latino American 56%58.4%55.7%
Black 6%5.4%5.5%
Asian American 32%33.9%33.8%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander <1%<1%<1%
White 4%1.8%2.9%
Multiracial Americans –1.8%1.7%
Female 47%49.1%49%
Male 53%50.9%51%

For the 2019-2020 school year, DMHS had an enrollment of 1056 students, broken down into 25% freshmen, 27.3% sophomores, 25.4% juniors, and 22.3% seniors. 71.2% of students had English as their second language. [21] 2% were English learners. [22] The school had 83.6% of enrolled students economically disadvantaged in the 2012–2013 school year. [23]

As of 2022, DMHS is ranked 24th in California and 194th nationally according to the U.S. News & World Report. [24] In 2014, the school placed 25th out of 75 in Los Angeles's Challenge Index. [25] [26] In 2015, it placed 84th out of the top 100 on the U.S. News & World Report list. [27]

US News 2022 Rankings
Academic Performance Index

The Academic Performance Index (API) measures the academic progress of schools across the state of California. Since the 2007-2008 school year, Downtown Magnets has placed number one in Local District 4, thanks to the continual growth of its API Its scores are as follows:

Year201220112009200820072005200420032002200120001999
API826807746736690655645616606601593595

The aforementioned data is provided by the California Department of Education. [28]

Notable people

Alumni

Staff

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