[Haddit]

A better way to evaluate a neighborhood is to go to Greatschools.
http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/ca/other/2409#toc

83% Latino
7% Asian
3% Black (they are growing in numbers fast)
3% White
2% Filipino
Students eligible for free breakfast, lunch and dinner: 87%
English learners: 56%

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I think the discrepancy between the demographic of the general population and the enrollment in the public school can be attributed to two factors--aging white homeowners who have lived there for many years and whose kids are grown and gone, and the fact that white people in L.A. don't send their kids to public schools if they can at all afford it.

The dead kid's high school, for comparison, is 7% African American, 1% American Indian, 14% Asian, 25% Latino, 53 % White (not Latino), 5% English Learners, 7% Special Education, 43% Gifted and Talented, 22% Economically Disadvantaged. They've also won the National Academic Decathlon several times in the last decade or so and are considered one of the jewels of the LAUSD.