| Jurisdiction |
Lennox Elementary School District - Trini Jimenez, Board President
Lennox Elementary School District Superintendent - Bruce McDaniel
Los Angeles County Supervisor, 2 nd - Yvonne B. Burke
LA County Children's Planning Council Service Planning Area 8
State Assembly District 51 - Jerome Horton
State Senate District 28 - Senator Debra Bowen
Congressional District 36 - Jane Harman |
| Basic Demographic Data |
Ethnicity/Race: Latinos represent 92% of the project area population, Blacks 4%, Whites 3%, and Asians 1%. Income/Poverty: 45.8% of all households make less than $25,000 a year. 26.8% of persons are in poverty. Education/Language Spoken: 72.5% of all adults have less than a 12th grade education. A majority (87.7%) of residents speak a non-English language at home.i
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| Area Statistics |
Substantial Presence of Families With Children Ages 0-6ii
The project area and city have a greater proportion of families with children ages 0-6 as countywide.
- 38.5% -- 452 out of 1,109 families in the project CT have children aged 0-6.
- 37.9% -- 2,097 out of 5,542 families in the area ZIP have children aged 0-6.
- 26.7% -- 212,981 of 798,719 families in the city of Los Angeles have children aged 0-6.
- 25% -- 543,233 of 2,136,977 families in Los Angeles County have children aged 0-6.
Very Low Average 3rd Grade Test Scoresiii
The mean scaled STAR score in English and Language Arts for students in the project area was significantly lower than for students in Los Angeles County in 2003 (290.1 vs. 318.2)
- 63% of third graders in the area tested at the below basic or far below basic level in English and Language Arts (compared to 42% of students in LA County)
- 56% of third graders in the area tested at the basic or below basic level in Math (compared to 28% of students in LA County)
- In 2003, 9% of 3rd graders in the project area scored at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading (the lowest county wide compared to 27% of 3rd graders in Los Angeles County).
- The districts with the highest percentage of 3rd graders scoring at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading were La Canada (91%) and Manhattan Beach (93%)
- The districts with the lowest percentage of 3rd graders scoring at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading were Lennox (9%) and Compton (22%).
Moderate Incidence of Low-birth Weight Babiesiv
- 35 babies per 1,000 live births in the project zip were born with low birth weights.
- 71 babies per 1,000 live births in Los Angeles County were born with low birth weights.
Moderate Incidence of Newborn Disability and Diseasev
The infant death rate in the project zip is lower than in LA County. However, the infant death rate in the project area is comparable.
- The infant death rate in the project zip was 5.4 per 1,000 live births.
- The infant death rate in SPA 8 was 5.7 per 1,000 live births.
- The infant death rate in Los Angeles County was 5.9 per 1,000 live births.
The project zip code is listed by the county as a high-risk area for child lead poisoning.vi
High Incidence of Crime, Domestic Violence and Assaultvii
- In the city of Los Angeles in 2003, there were 31,163 domestic violence-related calls for assistance – 5,399 of these involved weapons.
- In Los Angeles County in 2003, there were 52,069 domestic violence-related calls for assistance- 7,957 of these involved weapons.
- In the city of Los Angeles there were 48,823 violent crimes committed in the year 2003 and 30.506 aggravated assault/domestic violence crimes.
- In the unincorporated community of Lennox in 2000, there were 1,461 total violent crimes and 1,087 aggravated assault crimes.
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