Graduating with Options Preparing LAUSD Students for College and Career

LAUSD has built one of the most comprehensive career pathway systems of any large urban district in the country, with 442 pathways across 14 industry sectors spanning nearly all of its high schools. Yet in SY24-25, just 19% of graduating students completed both a career pathway and the A-G coursework required for admission to California’s public universities. The system is broad, but the experience a student actually has depends heavily on which school they attend, which pathways that school offers, and whether the right work-based learning opportunity exists in their part of the city.