page_title: Koreatown, Los Angeles
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Koreatown, Los Angeles / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Camino Nuevo High School, Los Angeles CA
context_page_description: Koreatown is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, centered near Eighth Street and Irolo Street, west of MacArthur Park.
  Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area. Many opened businesses as they found rent and tolerance toward the growing Korean population. Many of the historic Art deco buildings with terra cotta façades have been preserved because the buildings remained economically viable for the new businesses.
  Despite the name evoking a traditional ethnic enclave, the community is complex and has an impact on areas outside the traditional boundaries. While the neighborhood culture historically was oriented to the Korean immigrant population, Korean business owners are creating stronger ties to the Latino community in Koreatown. The community is highly diverse ethnically, with half the residents being Latino and a third being Asian. Two-thirds of the residents were born outside of the United States, a high figure compared to the rest of the city.
context_section_description: 21.4% of Koreatown residents aged 25 and older have a four-year degree, an average 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 within the Koreatown borders are:
  Central City Value, LAUSD charter high school, 221 North Westmoreland Avenue
  Ambassador School of Global Leadership, LAUSD K-12, 701 South Catalina Street
  New Open World Academy, LAUSD K-12, 3201 West Eighth Street
  UCLA Community School, LAUSD K-12, 701 South Catalina Street
  Virgil Middle School, LAUSD, 152 North Vermont Avenue
  Young Oak Kim Academy, LAUSD, 615 S. Shatto Place
  Cahuenga Elementary School, LAUSD, 220 South Hobart Boulevard
  Saint Brendan School, private elementary, 238 South Manhattan Place
  New Horizon School/Los Angeles, private elementary, 434 South Vermont Avenue
  Saint James' Episcopal Day School, private elementary, 625 South Saint Andrews Place
  Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, LAUSD charter, 697 South Burlington Avenue
  Saint Gregory Nazianzen, private elementary, 911 South Norton Avenue
  Wilton Place Elementary School, LAUSD, 745 South Wilton Place
  Hobart Boulevard Elementary School, LAUSD, 980 South Hobart Boulevard
  Mariposa-Nabi Primary Center, LAUSD, 987 South Mariposa Avenue
  Pilgrim School, private preK-12, 540 South Commonwealth Avenue
  Larchmont Charter School - Layfayette Park Campus, 8-12, 2801 W 6th Street
  Berendo Middle school - 1157 S Berendo St, Los Angeles, CA 90006
  Los Angeles Senior High - 4650 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
caption: Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
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