page_title: Westlake, Los Angeles
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Westlake, Los Angeles / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles Español: Escuela Primaria Esperanza
context_page_description: Westlake is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It was developed in the 1920s, but many of its elegant mansions have been turned into apartments, and many new multiple-occupancy buildings have been constructed.
  Westlake is a high-density area, with a young and heavily Latino population. It contains many primary and secondary schools.
context_section_description: One-eighth of Westlake residents aged 25 and older had a four-year degree in 2000, a low rate for both the city and the county. The percentage of residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county.
  Schools operating within the Westlake borders are:
  New Village Charter High School, charter, 147 North Occidental Boulevard
  Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, charter, 3500 West Temple Street
  Soledad Enrichment Action Charter High School, charter, 222 North Virgil Avenue
  Los Angeles School of Global Studies, LAUSD secondary, 322 Lucas Avenue
  Harold McAlister High School, LAUSD, 611 South Carondelet Street
  Los Angeles Academy of Arts & Enterprise Charter School, 600 South LaFayette Park Place
  Precious Blood Catholic School, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, TK-8 L.A. 90057
  Pilgrim School, private K-12, 540 South Commonwealth Avenue
  Metropolitan Skill Center, LAUSD adult education, 2801 West Sixth Street
  Belmont Community Adult School, LAUSD, 1575 West Second Street
  ROP Center, LAUSD occupational, 333 South Beaudry Avenue, 18th Floor
  Harris Newmark Continuation School, LAUSDm 134 Witmer Street
  Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle School, charter, 2900 West Temple Street
  John H. Liechty Middle School, LAUSD, 650 South Union Avenue
  Sal Castro Middle School, LAUSD, 1575 West Second Street
  Commonwealth Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 215 South Commonwealth Avenue
  Rosemont Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 421 North Rosemont Avenue
  Lake Street Primary School, LAUSD, 135 North Lake Street
  Lafayette Park Primary Center, LAUSD, 310 LaFayette Park Place
  Union Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 150 South Burlington Avenue
  Equitas Academy Charter School, 631 South Commonwealth Avenue
  MacArthur Park  Primary Center, LAUSD elementary, 2300 West Seventh Street
  Hoover Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 2726 Francis Avenue
  Esperanza Elementary School, LAUSD, 680 Little Street
  E. Manfred Evans Community Adult School, LAUSD, 717 North Figueroa Street
  Immaculate Conception Catholic School, K-8 Archdiocese of L.A. 830 Green Avenue
  New Economics Women Academy of Science and Art (NASA or New NASA) Charter School, (PK-5) 379 Loma Dr
caption: Esperanza Elementary School
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