Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Alliance William and Carol Ouchi High School is a free charter school authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Performance

Alliance William and Carol Ouchi High School achieved a 2010 Academic Performance Index (API) score of 795. CST results: 50% Advanced Proficient in English, 25% Advanced/Proficient in Math. For more on the school's 09-10 Performance Indicators, click here. 

The school was recognized as a 2009 California Distinguished School, an award that recognizes the state’s most exemplary, inspiring and well-rounded community public schools. 

Community

Located in the Angeles Mesa Community/Crenshaw District of Los Angeles, the school enrolls students from and shares a campus with Alliance Christine O’Donovan Middle Academy. The community is home to mainly non-charter public high schools that are primarily low-performing and/or overcrowded.

Demographics and Average Daily Attendance

87% Hispanic and 13% African American, 22% English Language Learner (ELL) students, and 96% free or reduced meal program participants. To date, average daily attendance is 98%.

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 UCLA’s Anderson School of Business. 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 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 then became an administrator and served as an assistant principal for Sutter Middle School and then 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 Cal State University, Fresno, and a master's in science, school counseling, and leadership from Cal State University, Los Angeles.  She also completed the LAUSD Administrative Academy.