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East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the area had a total population of 124,283. The CDP area includes the separate community of City Terrace. East Los Angeles is represented by Gloria Molina in the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. This community receives its police service from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and fire service is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

East Los Angeles Education
Primary and secondary schools

Public schools East Los Angeles is split between Los Angeles Unified School District and Montebello Unified School District.

LAUSD operates Amanecer PC in East Los Angeles. LAUSD elementary schools in East Los Angeles include Anton, Belvedere, Brooklyn Avenue, City Terrace, Eastman, Fourth Street, Ford Boulevard, Harrison, Humphreys Avenue, Robert F. Kennedy, Marianna, and Rowan Avenue. Hamasaki Elementary School, originally named Riggin Elementary School and renamed in 1990, is adjacent to and outside of the CDP. At one time Hammel Elementary School was in the East Los Angeles CDP.

The middle schools in the CDP include Belvedere Middle School and Griffith Middle School. Stevenson Middle School, adjacent to the CDP, is in Los Angeles. James A. Garfield High School is the sole traditional LAUSD public high school in East Los Angeles. Garfield High School participates in the "East LA Classic" against Theodore Roosevelt High School a football game that traditionally draws over 20,000 fans.[citation needed] Ramona High School, an alternative public high school, is in East Los Angeles. Alfonso Perez School, a K-12 alternative school, is in the CDP.

There are current plans for the building of Esteban Torres High School (East Los Angeles High School #2) in the former Hammel Street Elementary School grounds and in former housing developments. The high school is expected to open in 2010.

Montebello USD schools include Gascon Elementary School, Montebello Park Elementary School, and Winter Gardens Elementary School.

Adult Education programs from the Eastside Learning Center and East Los Angeles Occupational Center are intended and currently plan to be relocated at the East LA Star Hospital site. The East LA Star Adult Education project is expected to be completed by 2011.

Oscar De La Hoya Animo High School ranks 6 out of the top 100 schools in the state of California according to the California Department of Education.

Private schools The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles operates Catholic schools in the CDP. Schools include Our Lady of Lourdes School (PK-8), Our Lady of Soledad School (PK, 1-8), St. Alphonsus School (PK, 1-8), and Our Lady of Guadalupe School (K-8).

Colleges and universities East Los Angeles College was once part of East Los Angeles until Monterey Park, California annexed East Los Angeles College.

East Los Angeles Parks and Recreation
Los Angeles County operates parks and recreation in East Los Angeles.

Atlantic Avenue Park in the CDP has a children's play area, picnic and barbecue areas, a men's locker room, a women's locker room, and a 50 meter, six lane swimming pool. In addition the park has a rose garden maintained by volunteers. The 39.1-acre Belvedere Community Regional Park is located adjacent to and outside of the CDP. The park has baseball fields, basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, a fitness zone, a gymnasium, picnic shelters, a skate park, soccer (football), a splash pad, a swimming pool, and tennis courts.

City Terrace County Park, located in the CDP, was developed in 1933 by Works Progress Administration crews; the park occupied a piece of 3.5 acres terrace that was formed after crews hacked a rugged and barren hill. In 1957 600,000 cubic yards of soil that had been removed from the construction of the Los Angeles Civic Center was transported to the City Terrace County Park. The soil filled a ravine, tripling the park's original acreage. The park has a basketball court, a children's playground, a community room, a computer center, a gymnasium, a multi-purpose field, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. Eugene A. Obregon Park, named after a Korean War Marine veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, is in the CDP. The park's official opening was on May 26, 1966. The park includes basketball courts, ceramic rooms, a community room, a computer center, a fitness zone, a gymnasium, a multi-purpose field, a swimming pool, and a walking path.

The 8.4-acre Ruben F. Salazar Memorial Park is in the CDP. The county purchased the original 1.47 acres of park property from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on March 8, 1938. The land was officially designated as the "East Los Angeles Playground" two months later. On June 25, 1940 the property was renamed the "Laguna Park and Playground." On September 17, 1970 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave the park its current name. The park was named after Ruben F. Salazar, a Los Angeles Times columnist and an executive at KMEX. Salazar Park includes a baseball diamond, basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, a computer center, a gymnasium, picnic shelters, a senior center, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. The 4.8-acre Saybrook Park is also in the CDP. The County Board of Supervisors approved final plans for developing the park on May 1, 1973. The park includes two outdoor basketball courts, a ball diamond, children's play areas, a community building with a community room, a computer technology building with a computer room, picnic and barbecue areas, and a tennis court.

The Eastside Eddie Heredia Boxing Club, operated by the county, is located inside a former fire station in the CDP. The club was named after Eddie Heredia, the first club of the champion, who died of leukemia at age 17. One of the members of the Heredia club became a member of the United States Olympic Boxing Team and entered the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

East Los Angeles CA Area Information

East Los Angeles CA Community Characteristics and Facts

Total Crime Risk: 121.0 (100 = National Average)
Population: 129,345
Population Growth Since 2000: 4.07%
Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 75 F
Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 57 F
Male Median Age: 24.7 years
Female Median Age: 27 years
Median Household Income: $35,012
Highest Education Level Attained: High School 20.45%, Bachelors 3.28%, Grad School 1.25%

Community Demographics

East Los Angeles CA Demographics Summary

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East Los Angeles Crime Rate Indexes Graph

East Los Angeles CA Crime Rate Indexes

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2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics	East Los Angeles, CA		California
Total Population	129,345		37,173,104
Square Miles	7.53		155,959.34
Population Density	17,172.30		238.40
Population Change Since 1990	1.94%		24.95%
Population Change Since 2000	4.07%		9.75%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014	3.02%		5.33%
Population Male	65,503	50.64%	18,634,277	50.13%
Population Female	63,842	49.36%	18,538,827	49.87%
Median Age	25.70		33.40

East Los Angeles CA Population Growth and Population Statistics

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2010 Weather Summary	East Los Angeles, CA	California
Weather Index	199	196
Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature	75.0 °F	72.0 °F
Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature	57.0 °F	51.0 °F
Annual Avg. Temperature	66.0 °F	61.5 °F
Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65)	1,154	2,502
Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65)	1,537	1,229
Percent of Possible Sunshine	73	74
Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10)	4	5
Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days)	186	167
Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days)	35	55
Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days)	0	0
Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches)	15.00"	17.00"
Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches)	0.00"	1.00"