Independence Continuation
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 103 students
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet
6649 Balboa Blvd., Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Grades
9–12
High
Students
183
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Los Angeles Unified
Los Angeles County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet is a magnet high school in Lake Balboa, California, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Los Angeles Unified. The school is located in a large city in Los Angeles County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 183 students were enrolled, with about 13.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Magnet School · What this means
- Category
- Alternative School
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 183 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.6 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 10
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- Yes
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Los Angeles Unified
- County
- Los Angeles County
- NCES school ID
- 062271012525
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.