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The school is small with nearly 400 students enrolled as of the 2016-2017 school year. The school targets low income families, with 50% of students on the
Federal Free/Reduced lunch program. 53% of students who go to college from HTLA will be first in their families to attend college. Latinos make
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California by the USC School Performance Dashboard. In December 2017, High Tech LA's charter was renewed by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board for another five years. It received a second California Distinguished High
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Technology is also central at the school, with each student getting their own personal school laptop/netbook.
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385:"High Tech LA School Profile 2013-14"
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1531:Walter Reed
1244:Manual Arts
1239:Los Angeles
1139:East Valley
1099:Canoga Park
744:High school
600:Burbank USD
590:Van Nuys HS
547:Panorama HS
186:high school
116:Established
101:Information
88: /
76:118°30′22″W
63:Coordinates
1640:Categories
1405:CA Academy
1349:University
1329:South Gate
1324:South East
1109:Chatsworth
1094:Birmingham
678:Non-LAUSD
527:Kennedy HS
401:23 January
367:2018-02-27
336:2019-03-08
307:2018-02-27
282:23 January
239:References
158:Enrollment
73:34°11′14″N
1600:Roy Romer
1495:View Park
1460:King/Drew
1319:Santee EC
1309:San Pedro
1304:Roybal LC
1299:Roosevelt
1214:Jefferson
1199:Hollywood
1119:Cleveland
1114:Chávez LA
1089:Bernstein
975:(complex)
797:Religious
768:Viewpoint
664:Calabasas
577:Sylmar HS
562:Reseda HS
532:Monroe HS
472:Arleta HS
220:Education
170:ht-la.org
142:Principal
1284:Panorama
1264:Narbonne
1249:Marshall
1194:Hamilton
1179:Garfield
1164:Franklin
1129:Crenshaw
1022:(magnet)
1016:(magnet)
1004:(magnet)
998:(magnet)
992:(magnet)
522:Grant HS
39:Location
1229:Lincoln
1224:Kennedy
1174:Gardena
1169:Fremont
1154:Fairfax
1084:Belmont
1074:Banning
1010:(zoned)
758:Oakwood
751:(LILA)
726:Buckley
719:Secular
582:Taft HS
557:Reed MS
446:schools
200:History
166:Website
1572:others
1541:others
1536:Virgil
1470:Legacy
1374:Wilson
1354:Venice
1344:Torres
1334:Sylmar
1289:Reseda
1259:Monroe
1219:Jordan
1134:Dorsey
1104:Carson
1069:Arleta
886:Closed
777:Closed
150:Grades
1234:Locke
1189:Grant
1144:ELARA
395:(PDF)
388:(PDF)
361:(PDF)
354:(PDF)
180:, or
128:LAUSD
1465:Leap
1339:Taft
1079:Bell
403:2014
284:2014
261:2018
182:HTLA
119:2002
106:Type
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