Westside Leadership Magnet
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Westside Leadership Magnet School is a public alternative school located in Anchorage Street, Marina Del Rey, California. Westside Magnet is part of Local District 3 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It serves pre-kindergarten through grade 8 following a traditional single track school year. As of school year 2005-06, Westside has a student body of 453 students, majority of which are of Hispanic or Latino and African American descent. 83% of the students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. Of the school's 21% English language learners, 97% use Spanish as their home language. Westside's mission is "to develop leadership skills and academic excellence."
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Ranking
- State Rank: 4 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 693 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)
From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
History
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="33.979693" lon="-118.465104" type="map" zoom="17"> 33.979221, -118.465156, 104 Anchorage St
Marina del Rey, CA </googlemap>
1] From Dockweiler Beach State Park, head northwest on Speedway toward 27th Place.
2] Turn right at 27th Place.
3] Turn right at Pacific Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Katherine Gonnella - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 91%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 9%
- Average teaching experience: 13 years
- Average teaching in district: 13 years
- First year teachers: 9%
Ethnic Diversity
- 50% Hispanic
- 43% African American
- 5% White
- 2% Asian
- <1% American Indian/Alaska Native
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
Marina del Rey (Spanish for "Navy of the King", or "Seacoast of the King") is a census-designated place seaside community located in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 8,176 as of the 2000 census. Marina del Rey is only four miles from the Los Angeles International Airport, close enough to provide easy access by car or public transportation, yet far enough away that residents are not disturbed by the airplane noise. The Fisherman's Village offers a good view of Marina del Rey's dominant feature, the largest man-made small boat harbor in the world, with about 7000 pleasure boats and yachts. The marina is surrounded by many high-rise luxury Condos, hotels, apartments, shops, and restaurants, as well as the USC Information Sciences Institute and ICANN, currently the closest thing the Internet has to a governing organization. There are also a large number of shopping centers lining Lincoln Boulevard just to the east.
