SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS IN KOREATOWN LA

 
Koreatown LA school

Young Oak Kim Academy

Address: 615 Shatto Pl
Phone Number: 213-739-6500

A middle school within the Los Angeles Unified School District, Local District 4. It was established in 2009 as the only middle school in the LAUSD to practice single-sex education (different curricula and learning environments for girls and boys).

YOKA is named in honor of Colonel Young-Oak Kim, the first Asian-American colonel to lead a US battalion in war. It is LA’s first middle school, and the third school overall, named for a Korean.

Located near the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue

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Cinema Makeup School

Address: 3780 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 368-1234

Classes on beauty, fashion, airbrush, cinema, stage, television and special effects makeup

Charles H. Kim Elementary School

Address: 225 S Oxford Ave
Phone Number: 213-368-5600

Highly regarded school that was dedicated in October 2006. About 600 students in kindergarten through fifth grade are served. DOMAIN NAMES FOR SALE ► KoreanFood.site ► Kfood.site

Wilshire Park Elementary School

Address: 4063 Ingraham St
Phone Number: (213) 739-4760

Wilshire Park Elementary School is an LAUSD public school located just west of Koreatown proper. DOMAIN NAMES FOR SALE ► KoreanFood.site ► Kfood.site

Frank del Olmo Elementary School

Address: 100 N New Hampshire Ave
Phone Number: (213) 427-7200

Frank del Olmo Elementary School is technically just north of Koreatown proper.

St. James Episcopal Church

Address: 625 S St Andrews Pl
Phone Number: (213) 382-2315

St. James Episcopal Church and School is located just two blocks west of Koreatown’s formal borders on Western Avenue.

Virgil Middle School

Address: 152 N Vermont Ave
Phone Number: (213) 368-2800

Virgil Middle School serves approximately 1,500 students in grades 5-8 in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Technically located north of Koreatown proper, in the East Hollywood area of Los Angeles.

Stanton University in Koreatown LA

Stanton University

Address: 3700 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 232-5030

“Satellite location” of the Stanton University learning center that is based in Garden Grove.

In 2010, the Los Angeles City Council formally declared Koreatown's borders as Western Avenue, Olympic Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, and 3rd Street, with a business corridor on Western from 3rd to Rosewood Avenue.