Renaissance High School For The Arts

Renaissance was a savior for me. I grew as a person and got into my first choice college. I know there are problems with the school, but it was a million times better than my first high school.

Don't be fooled by the other reviews. This school may have been great at one time, but not recently. The school is overrun with drugs and because of the low count of students, it is everywhere. The students have limited structure and supervision due to lack of staff. The dress code is a joke (there is none), kids are allowed to dress however they want. School is extremely gay friendly with large amount of students being openly gay and transgender. Not my cup of tea. School keeps all problems under wraps in attempt to maintain reputation for being a good school. Not to mention, school used to be the home of Reed continuation school and had student baby nursery on campus, really?? No thanks. I have spoken to several students and parents...same information not to mention my child goes there, temporarily.

Renaissance school of the arts is a great choice for children interested in the arts as well as a great education.

We have a senior at CAMS and a freshman at Renaissance, #1 & #2 in LBUSD API scores respectively. The difference between the two couldn't be more pronounced. CAMS is fraught with unnecessarily stressful situations for the students, not from the curriculum, but rather from a certain lack of involvement and coordination on the part of some teachers and administrators. Renaissance is extraordinarily nurturing while maintaining a stringent and focused curriculum. We feel our CAMS student has survived, while our Renaissance student is thriving. Just a brief campus visit to both schools will be enlightening. Both schools are difficult to get into. As far as we're concerned, only Renaissance is worth the trouble.