Woodrow Wilson Senior High vs King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Woodrow Wilson Senior High and King/Drew Medical Magnet High sit 10.6 miles apart in Los Angeles and are remarkably close in overall rating — Woodrow Wilson edges King/Drew 9.0 to 8.8 out of 10, a 0.2-point gap. In California's statewide context, that slim margin translates to a more meaningful difference in rank: Woodrow Wilson Senior High sits at #290 of 9,533 schools while King/Drew Medical Magnet High lands at #457 of 9,533, placing both schools solidly in the top 5% of the state but with Woodrow Wilson holding a clear positional advantage.

The academic picture flips when you look beneath the overall number. King/Drew Medical Magnet High scores 9.0/10 on academics versus Woodrow Wilson Senior High's 7.9/10 — a 1.1-point gap that reflects King/Drew's selective magnet curriculum, which pulls student achievement in measured proficiency metrics meaningfully higher. Woodrow Wilson counters with a growth score of 9.1/10 against King/Drew's 8.2/10, meaning students at Woodrow Wilson are outpacing their predicted trajectories at a faster rate. For families weighing current performance against demonstrated improvement momentum, these two schools point in genuinely different directions.

Both schools serve roughly the same number of students — Woodrow Wilson Senior High at 1,356 and King/Drew Medical Magnet High at 1,359 — and both serve grades 9 through 12. The most concrete structural difference between them is the student-teacher ratio: Woodrow Wilson Senior High at 15.8:1 versus King/Drew Medical Magnet High at 20.0:1. That 4.2-student gap per teacher means meaningfully more individual attention per student at Woodrow Wilson. Both schools serve predominantly low-income populations, with free and reduced lunch rates of 90% at Woodrow Wilson Senior High and 92% at King/Drew Medical Magnet High, indicating near-identical economic demographics.

King/Drew Medical Magnet High's program distinction is its specialized focus: the school is a dedicated medical magnet, built around health sciences and pre-professional preparation in medicine and related fields. Woodrow Wilson Senior High operates as a comprehensive neighborhood high school without a magnet specialty, offering a broader general curriculum. Admission to King/Drew involves magnet application and selection, while Woodrow Wilson follows standard attendance-zone enrollment.