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Public special education school in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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; -118.312315
Information
Type	Public special education
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Michael J. Terry
Teaching staff	27.86 (FTE)
Grades	11-12
Number of students	275 (2022-23)
Average class size	10.5
Student to teacher ratio	9.87
Website	Official website

Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School, also known as Widney Career Preparatory & Transition Center, 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:

Asian: 21
Hispanic: 208
Black, non-Hispanic: 44
White, non-Hispanic: 6
Two or more races: 1

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

"Staff Directory". School Website. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center - Public Schoo". Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Widney Career Preparatory and Transition Center". School Website. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

External links

Widney High website

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K–12 schools	James A. Foshay Learning Center Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Boys Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Girls Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet) Valley Oaks CES (magnet)
7–12 zoned schools	Eagle Rock HS
7–12 alt. schools	J. P. Widney High School
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Zoned middle schools	Emerson Charter Young Oak Kim Acad Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Carpenter Community Charter Glassell Park Wonderland Avenue others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramón C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John E. Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

v t e Los Angeles Unified School District
K–12 schools	James A. Foshay Learning Center Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Boys Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Girls Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet) Valley 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 Diego Rivera Roosevelt Roybal LC San Pedro San Fernando Santee EC South East South Gate Sylmar Taft Torres University Venice Verdugo Hills Washington Preparatory West Adams Preparatory Wilson
Alt. high schools	Animo (South LA) Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City College Ready Córtines School of Visual and Performing Arts Crenshaw Arts Tech De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew Leap Legacy Linda Esperanza Marquez 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 Young Oak Kim Acad Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Carpenter Community Charter Glassell Park Wonderland Avenue others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramón C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John E. Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

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