Alliance William & Carol Ouchi High School
Alliance William & Carol Ouchi High School is a free charter school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Enrollment for Current School Year
471 students in grades 9-12
Date Opened
September 2006
Address
5356 South Fifth Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90043
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Phone
(323) 596-2290
Fax
(323) 596-2295
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Performance
Alliance William & Carol Ouchi High School achieved a 2011 Academic Performance Index (API) score of 764. CST results: 39% Advanced Proficient in English, 29% Advanced/Proficient in Math. For more on the school's 10-11 Performance Indicators, click here.
Community
Alliance William & Carol Ouchi High School is located in the Angeles Mesa Community/ Crenshaw District of Los Angeles. The community is home to mainly non-charter public high schools that are primarily low-performing and/or overcrowded. The school shares a campus with and enrolls students from Alliance Christine O'Donovan Middle Academy.
Demographics and Average Daily Attendance
86% Hispanic and 14% African American, 19% English Language Learner (ELL) students, and 97% free or reduced meal program participants. Average daily attendance is 97%.
William and Carol Ouchi
The school is named for William Ouchi, Alliance board member and longtime education reform activist, and his wife, Carol. William Ouchi, who holds an MBA from Standford University and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Chicago, teaches courses in management and organization design, and conducts research on the structure of large organizations at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is co-founder and chairman of the Riordan Programs, which foster diversity in the business community by encouraging individuals from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education and careers in management. He also is author of many books on education, including his most recent “The Secret of TSL: The Revolutionary Discovery That Raises School Performance,” which explains what autonomous principals can do to improve their schools.
Principal Profile
Dea Tramble began her career in education as a teacher and guidance counselor at Carver Middle School, where she worked for seven years. She served as Assistant Principal for Sutter Middle School and then as an Operations Coordinator for Local District 1 before assuming the role of Principal at Ouchi High School. Ms. Tramble has as bachelor's degree from California State University, Fresno, and a master's in Science, School Counseling, and Leadership from California State University, Los Angeles. She also completed the LAUSD Administrative Academy.