Original Research by School Decision on Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Hlt Srvs Acad Dist
Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy is a high school charter operating as its own single-school district within Los Angeles. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment on the smaller side. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black student population; White students and Asian students are present in very small numbers.
The school is organized around a health-care career theme. It uses a Project Lead The Way curriculum alongside a college-preparatory approach, and offers AP coursework. This curricular architecture means the school is built deliberately for students with some interest or curiosity about health professions, medical sciences, or health-care careers. For a student with that interest, the school provides a structured pathway where academic content and career exploration are aligned. For a student undecided on that direction or leaning elsewhere, a parent may want to weigh whether a specialized theme fits the student's openness and direction.
Publicly reported, in October 2025 the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education renewed the school's charter, securing its continued authorization and operation for another charter term. For a charter school, renewal is the determinative event for remaining open, so this recent affirmation of authorization is a foundational stability indicator for families considering enrollment.
State testing proficiency data and a four-year graduation rate were not available in the dataset, making it impossible to characterize academic attainment at the school. A parent choosing between schools would want that performance picture directly from the school or the district.
On chronic absenteeism, the school sits below the midpoint among Los Angeles County's districts, meaning attendance is higher here than in half of the county's schools. Per-pupil spending at the school is in the middle-to-upper range among county districts. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and the share of English learners or students receiving special education services were not available.
The school sits within the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools network, a charter operator, and enrolls from the Los Angeles area. For a parent or student considering this school, the next steps would involve learning the school's test-score history and graduation outcomes directly, visiting the school to see the health-sciences curriculum and career pathways in action, and talking with current students and families about their experience with both the theme and the smaller-school environment.
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