J. P. Widney High School

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Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School
Address

2302 South Gramercy Place Los Angeles , Los Angeles County , California 90018 United States
Coordinates	34°02′08″N 118°18′44″W / 34.035464°N 118.312315°W / 34.035464; -118.312315Coordinates: 34°02′08″N 118°18′44″W / 34.035464°N 118.312315°W / 34.035464; -118.312315
Information
Type	Public special education
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Jessie L. Thompson^[1]
Teaching staff	32.83 (FTE)^[3]
Grades	6-12^[2]
Number of students	295 (2018-19)^[3]
Average class size	10.5^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	8.99^[3]
Website	Official website

Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School, also known as J. P. Widney High School, is a special-education magnet high school in Los Angeles, California. A part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, this school is named in honor of Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney.

Student profile[]

The school serves students ranging in ages 13 to 22 who have severe disabilities. Because students from surrounding communities are bussed to the Central Los Angeles school, its student body reflects widely diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.

Students' race/ethnicity is:^[2]

American Indian/Alaskan Native: 2
Asian/Pacific Islander: 20
Hispanic: 256
Black, non-Hispanic: 68
White, non-Hispanic: 20

The Kids of Widney High[]

The school is possibly best known for its music group, The Kids of Widney High, a rock band whose membership rotates with the changing student body. The group has recorded three CDs and has appeared in the 2005 film The Ringer.

References[]

^ "Principal".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center - Public School".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

External links[]

Widney High website

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K–12 schools	Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet)
7–12 zoned schools	Eagle Rock HS
7–12 alt. schools	J. P. Widney High School
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Alt. high schools	Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew 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 Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Glassell Park ES others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramon C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

v t Los Angeles Unified School District
K–12 schools	Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Sherman 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 Roosevelt Roybal LC San Pedro San Fernando Santee EC South East South Gate Sun Valley Sylmar Taft Torres University Venice Verdugo Hills Washington Preparatory West Adams Preparatory Wilson
Alt. high schools	Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew 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 Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Glassell Park ES others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramon C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

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