Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School is a magnet public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District with a focus on serving students who plan to study in the healthcare field. It is located near the 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.

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,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. the highest award an American school can receive.CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department , 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."

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. In 2007, U.S. News & World Report named it one of its top 100 public high schools.

History Originally, a magnet center was established at nearby Lincoln High School before moving to 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 Eastside Los Angeles, about 8 minutes from the Los Angeles Civic Center.

Bravo is located adjacent to the LAC+USC Medical Center Complex, which includes the Keck School of Medicine of USC, USC School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, Norris Cancer Hospital, and 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

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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

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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

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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 Academic Performance Index—API for High Schools in the LAUSD District 5 and local small public charter high schools in the East Los Angeles region.

School 2007 2006-07 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 20092008 2007-08 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 25, 20092009 2008-09 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 20122010 2009-10 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 20122011 2010-11 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on September 8, 201220122013 2012-13 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) Retrieved on February 27, 2017Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School807818815820832842847Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School 718792788788809785775Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School 662 726 709 710 744 744 738James A. Garfield High School 553 597 593 632 705 710 714Abraham Lincoln High School 594 609 588 616 643 761 738Woodrow Wilson High School 582 585 600 615 636Theodore Roosevelt High School 557 551 576 608 793 788Thomas 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: 2012 API: 842 2011 API: 832 2010 API: 820 2009 API: 815 2008 API: 818 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

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References

External links Official Bravo Medical Magnet High School website