Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School
	Los Angeles, California 90033
Information
Type	Magnet public high school
Motto	"Quality and Integrity"
Established	1990
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Luis Lopez
Faculty	72.34 FTEs
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,861 (2018–19)
Student to teacher ratio	25.73
Color(s)	Maroon & Gray
Athletics	Volleyball (Boys and Girls), Basketball (Boys and Girls), Soccer (Boys and Girls), Cross-Country (Boys and Girls), Track (Boys and Girls), Softball (Girls), Baseball (Boys)
Mascot	Bravo Knights
Website	Official website

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School is a

LAC+USC Medical Center, in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California

, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,841 students and 70.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 26.2:1. There were 1,583 students (86.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 69 (3.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Awards and recognition

During the 2006-2007 school year, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,^[2]^[3] the highest award an American school can receive.^[4]^[5]

In their annual list of the top 1,300 high schools in the United States, Newsweek ranked Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School as 352nd in 2008 and 291st in 2007.^[6] In 2007, U.S. News & World Report named it one of its top 100 public high schools.^[7]

History

Originally, a magnet center was established at nearby

Wilson High School from 1985 until 1989. Bravo Medical Magnet is named after Francisco Bravo M.D., a well-known physician who practiced in East Los Angeles

, established his own clinic, and founded a scholarship fund for needy high school students interested in the health science professions. Groundbreaking on Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School started in 1987 and construction was completed in 1990. Dr. Rosa Maria Hernández, who was instrumental in the school's construction, served as principal from the school's opening until 2003 when she became the District F Coordinator. She was then succeeded by Maria Torres-Flores.

Location

Bravo is located in a commercial and residential section of

Los Angeles Civic Center

.

Bravo is located adjacent to the

USC University Hospital

.

The school's proximity to USC has enabled partnerships, Bravo was adopted by the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in September 1981, shortly after the school opened as a small magnet center on the Lincoln High School campus. The school has agreements with USC Medical Center as well as California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in promoting health-related activities and projects.

Magnet Program

Bravo’s medical magnet program was originally part of the school integration program to be accessible to all students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, so the school community has wide geographical boundaries. Thirty buses deliver 85% of Bravo’s 1,726 students, some of whom travel up to an hour to school and are drawn from 32 middle schools. Students apply through the District’s “Choices” program and are selected by the district’s lottery.

Student Body

Bravo serves around 1,847 students in grades nine through twelve, with a student-teacher ratio of 25:1. Full-time teachers 75. Approximately 40% of the students attending Bravo are from the surrounding community in what now comprises LAUSD Local District East. The remaining 60% commute from other areas of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Demographics

*Demographics of student body*
Ethnic Breakdown	2021	2020	2019
Native Americans	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic and Latino American	82%	80%	80%
African American	1%	2%	2%
Asian American	14%	14%	13%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
White	3%	4%	5%
Multiracial Americans	0%	0.3%	0.4%
Female	62%	62%	61%
Male	38%	38%	39%

Bravo's demographics currently indicate 80% Hispanic students, 13.1% Asian/Filipino/Pacific Islander, 2% African-American, and 0.1% American Indian/Alaskan Native. Over the past six years, Bravo has maintained a steady total enrollment and has seen a general decline in all ethnic populations except the Hispanic group which has increased 15% (with a corresponding drop in other populations).

Title I Students

For 2006-07, Bravo has approximately 82% (1,415 students) of all students that are socioeconomically disadvantaged. About 72% of the students’ home language is not English. Bravo High School has a school-wide Title I program and is one of the very few Title I High Schools that have surpassed the 800 API level.

Academics

us news
2021 Rankings

Source:^[8]

4 in Los Angeles Unified School District high Schools
16 in
Los Angeles metropolitan area
High Schools
44 in California High Schools
82 in Magnet High Schools
335 in National Rankings

us news
2020 Rankings

Source:^[9]

6 in Los Angeles Unified School District high Schools
17 in
Los Angeles metropolitan area
High Schools
46 in California High Schools
83 in Magnet High Schools
388 in National Rankings

us news
2019 Rankings

Source:^[9]

15 in
Los Angeles metropolitan area
High Schools
47 in California High Schools
79 in Magnet High Schools
382 in National Rankings

Academic Performance Index (API)

The

East Los Angeles region

.

School	2007 ^[10]	2008 ^[11]	2009 ^[12]	2010 ^[13]	2011 ^[14]	2012	2013 ^[15]
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School	807	818	815	820	832	842	847
Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School	718	792	788	788	809	785	775
Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School	662	726	709	710	744	744	738
James A. Garfield High School	553	597	593	632	705	710	714
Abraham Lincoln High School	594	609	588	616	643	761	738
Woodrow Wilson High School	582	585	600	615	636
Theodore Roosevelt High School	557	551	576	608		793	788
Thomas Jefferson High School	457	516	514	546	546
Santee Education Complex		502	521	552	565	612	636

Bravo API Scores

The Bravo Medical Magnet High School API scores:^[16]

2012 API: 842
2011 API: 832
2010 API: 820
2009 API: 815^[17]
2008 API: 818^[17]
2007 API: 807
2006 API: 807
2005 API: 819
2004 API: 788
2003 API: 766
2002 API: 737
2001 API: 733
2000 API: 732
1999 API: 715

Notable alumni

David Ryu - Former member of Los Angeles City Council, 2015-2020
Angela Sarafyan - Actress

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^ Boghossian, NAUSH. It has also been awarded the California Distinguished School Award. "LEMAY LAURELS MOSTLY LATINO VALLEY SCHOOL EARNS U.S. EDUCATION HONOR.", Los Angeles Daily News, September 23, 2006. Accessed November 20, 2007.
^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
^ "America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
^ "Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High: Best High Schools - USNews.com". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
^ "usnews". Retrieved 2021-09-21.
^ ^a ^b "usnews". Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^ 2006-07 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 2009
^ 2007-08 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 2009
^ 2008-09 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012
^ 2009-10 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012
^ 2010-11 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012
^ 2012-13 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)^{[permanent dead link]} Retrieved on February 27, 2017
^ "LAUSD: Bravo Medical Magnet High School API" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Academic Performance Index (API) - Programs No Longer Administered by CDE (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov.

External links

Official Bravo Medical Magnet High School website

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[NCES-1] "Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[2] Boghossian, NAUSH. It has also been awarded the California Distinguished School Award. "LEMAY LAURELS MOSTLY LATINO VALLEY SCHOOL EARNS U.S. EDUCATION HONOR.", Los Angeles Daily News, September 23, 2006. Accessed November 20, 2007.

[3] U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.

[4] CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."

[5] Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."

[6] "America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[7] "Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High: Best High Schools - USNews.com". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2017-08-28.

[8] "usnews". Retrieved 2021-09-21.

[usnews-9] "usnews". Retrieved 2019-07-27.

[10] 2006-07 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 2009

[11] 2007-08 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 2009

[12] 2008-09 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012

[13] 2009-10 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012

[14] 2010-11 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 2012

[15] 2012-13 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)^{[permanent dead link]} Retrieved on February 27, 2017

[16] "LAUSD: Bravo Medical Magnet High School API" (PDF).

[auto-17] "Academic Performance Index (API) - Programs No Longer Administered by CDE (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov.

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v t e Los Angeles Unified School District
K–12 schools	James A. Foshay Learning Center Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Boys Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Girls Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet) Valley Oaks CES (magnet)
7–12 zoned schools	Eagle Rock HS
7–12 alt. schools	J. P. Widney High School
Zoned high schools	Arleta Banning Bell Belmont Bernstein Birmingham Canoga Park Carson Chatsworth Chávez LA Cleveland Contreras LC Crenshaw Dorsey East Valley ELARA El Camino Real Fairfax Francis Polytechnic Franklin Fremont Gardena Garfield Granada Hills Grant Hamilton Hollywood Huntington Park International Studies Learning Center Jefferson Jordan Kennedy Lincoln Locke Los Angeles Manual Arts Marshall Maywood Academy Monroe Narbonne North Hollywood Northridge Academy Palisades Charter Panorama Reseda Diego Rivera Roosevelt Roybal LC San Pedro San Fernando Santee EC South East South Gate Sylmar Taft Torres University Venice Verdugo Hills Washington Preparatory West Adams Preparatory Wilson
Alt. high schools	Animo (South LA) Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City College Ready Córtines School of Visual and Performing Arts Crenshaw Arts Tech De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew Leap Legacy Linda Esperanza Marquez Middle College Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet Daniel Pearl Magnet View Park Vladovic Harbor Teacher Prep. Acad. Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets
Zoned middle schools	Emerson Charter Young Oak Kim Acad Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Carpenter Community Charter Glassell Park Wonderland Avenue others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramón C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

v t e Health and medical high schools in the United States
California	Dozier-Libbey Medical High School (Antioch) Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School (Los Angeles) King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles) Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School (Sacramento)
Illinois	Richard T. Crane Medical Prep High School (Chicago)
Missouri	Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience
New York	High School for Medical Professions (New York City) High School for Health Professions and Human Services (New York City) Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School (New York City)
Texas	School of Health Professions (Dallas) Silva Health Magnet (El Paso) Harlingen School of Health Professions DeBakey High School (Houston) Cantu Health Science Magnet (Laredo) South Texas High School for Health Professions (Mercedes) Northside Health Careers High School (San Antonio) South Texas Academy for Medical Professions (San Benito)