New Designs Charter School-Watts

New Designs Charter School-Watts

Charter Middle, High School | Grade 6-12
12714 Avalon Blvd,  Los Angeles, CA
3.1
2.1
313 Students
B-
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Joseph Ntung
Student Teacher Ratio
23:1
Average SAT Score
900
Average ACT Score
17
Math Proficiency
7.5%
Reading Proficiency
17%
Average GPA
3.29
Graduation Rate
74.5%

Niche Grade

C+
Academics
A-
Teachers
B
College Prep
B-
Administration
C+
Resources/Facilities
C
Clubs and Activities
B-
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.29
Reading Proficiency
17%
Math Proficiency
7.5%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
23:1
Teachers
11
Full Time Teachers
11
Teachers in First or Second Year
15.8%
College Prep
Average SAT
900
Math
430
Verbal
460
Average ACT
17
Math
18
English
15
Reading
20
Science
14
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
High

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
2.5%
State Average
17.9%
Science
0%
State Average
9.9%
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
348:1

Student Diversity

Male
52.9%
Female
47.1%
Black
56.9%
Hispanic
42.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
University of California - Los Angeles 34 Students
University of California - Berkeley 21 Students
University of California - Irvine 20 Students
University of Southern California 20 Students
California State University - Dominguez Hills 20 Students
California State University - Long Beach 18 Students
California State University - Northridge 17 Students
San Diego State University 15 Students
University of California - San Diego 14 Students
University of San Francisco 14 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business 13 Students
Nursing 12 Students
Psychology 9 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration 9 Students
Sociology 5 Students
Biology 4 Students
Computer Science 3 Students
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 3 Students
Architecture 3 Students
Animation, Video Graphics and Special Effects 3 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.1 15 Reviews
1.0 NicheUser
4/19/2021
Everything that's wrong with the charter school system, in one business. The administration are merely there for profit and have proven to be inept at everything except massaging their institutions academic results and covering up their callous profiteering.
3.0 NicheUser
11/25/2014
Last year the quality of the teachers were awesome . Students actually liked coming to school more. Teachers have always tried different communication skills. Teachers are not always being supported by the administration and one example of that is that we have no books. More specific for every subject there will not be books only for some that we have had years ago. Teachers need resources and supplies which are scarcely provided.
3.0 NicheUser
11/25/2014
I feel that no matter what school you're in there will always be peer pressure to do anything. But in this school not so much. There is not much racial diversity it's either you're latina or black. Unless you say there's salvadorians, Hispanics, Guatemalans, or very few Hondurans.
GreatSchools Reviews
2.1 10 Reviews
1.0 student
1/30/2025
I believe this school is the worst school ever I go depressed about this school the kids are horrible the teachers are bad also the food will get your kid sick.
1.0 teacher
5/28/2020
In over 30 years teaching, this is the worst, most aggressive, mean, nasty and ineffective educational institute I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing.
1.0 parent
9/9/2017
Terrible institution and experience solely the principal of 2017 Joseph NTung extremely unbeffitting to runantthing other than the shoes he walks in, his vice principal and dean's follown very much in close proximity...monkeys see monkeys do.
1.0 parent
5/5/2014
This school is such a really bad school. The principal and dean of this school have no control over it. Not sure what they are doing there. The dean gives the parents attitude while the principal doesn't know how to control a situation. Never thought this school would be such a horrible school. My d...

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