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The public elementary schools with the most improved test scores in Los Angeles County, California

1,116 public elementary schools in Los Angeles County, California appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most improved test scores, ranked by the 3-year gain in composite math + reading proficiency. Foster Elementary leads the list at +40.9pp, against a median of +3.6pp across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

1,116

Los Angeles County, California

Top 3-yr change

+40.9pp

Median 3-yr change

+3.6pp

MOST IMPROVED · LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Foster Elementary	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	398	23.8%	64.7%	+40.9pp
2	First Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	349	17.0%	47.3%	+30.3pp
3	Vermont Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	342	22.4%	50.9%	+28.5pp
4	Stanford Avenue Elementary	South Gate, CA	Los Angeles Unified	329	23.9%	51.5%	+27.6pp
5	Sixty-First Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	541	17.2%	44.7%	+27.4pp
6	Charles White Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	233	21.0%	47.3%	+26.3pp
7	Bandini Street Elementary	San Pedro, CA	Los Angeles Unified	232	26.1%	51.7%	+25.6pp
8	Sylvan Park Elementary	Van Nuys, CA	Los Angeles Unified	643	20.6%	45.2%	+24.6pp
9	Toland Way Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	218	21.7%	46.1%	+24.5pp
10	Virginia Road Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	217	27.3%	51.9%	+24.5pp
11	Alexandria Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	502	26.0%	50.3%	+24.3pp
12	Weigand Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	290	18.8%	42.9%	+24.1pp
13	Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	401	38.0%	61.7%	+23.7pp
14	Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	209	23.5%	46.3%	+22.8pp
15	Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	202	11.3%	34.1%	+22.7pp
16	Short Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	414	49.1%	71.4%	+22.3pp
17	Garden Grove Elementary	Reseda, CA	Los Angeles Unified	306	24.7%	46.8%	+22.1pp
18	Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary	Downey, CA	Downey Unified	736	47.7%	69.5%	+21.8pp
19	Central Elementary	Baldwin Park, CA	Baldwin Park Unified	264	16.6%	38.2%	+21.5pp
20	Reseda Elementary	Reseda, CA	Los Angeles Unified	378	29.3%	50.3%	+21.1pp
21	Florence Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	489	22.4%	43.4%	+21.0pp
22	Magnolia Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	545	20.6%	41.5%	+20.8pp
23	Panorama City Elementary	Panorama City, CA	Los Angeles Unified	443	32.1%	52.9%	+20.8pp
24	North Park Elementary	Valencia, CA	Saugus Union	441	50.3%	71.1%	+20.8pp
25	Blythe Street Elementary	Reseda, CA	Los Angeles Unified	323	18.1%	38.7%	+20.6pp
26	Compton Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	265	17.1%	37.6%	+20.5pp
27	Murchison Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	312	20.4%	40.9%	+20.5pp
28	Tibby Elementary	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	554	45.2%	65.5%	+20.3pp
29	Lake Marie Elementary	Whittier, CA	South Whittier Elementary	186	22.8%	43.1%	+20.3pp
30	Tarzana Elementary	Tarzana, CA	Los Angeles Unified	246	24.4%	44.6%	+20.2pp
31	Point Fermin Elementary	San Pedro, CA	Los Angeles Unified	304	46.6%	66.1%	+19.5pp
32	Multnomah Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	322	43.5%	62.8%	+19.4pp
33	Ronald E. McNair Elementary	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	358	40.1%	59.5%	+19.3pp
34	State Street Elementary	South Gate, CA	Los Angeles Unified	396	12.6%	31.7%	+19.1pp
35	Ralph Bunche Elementary	Carson, CA	Compton Unified	217	29.1%	47.8%	+18.6pp
36	Buchanan Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	278	24.6%	43.2%	+18.6pp
37	Grape Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	333	12.3%	30.9%	+18.6pp
38	Forty-Ninth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	491	12.9%	31.3%	+18.4pp
39	Wilshire Crest Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	154	24.8%	42.9%	+18.1pp
40	Laurel Street Elementary	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	377	45.7%	63.7%	+18.0pp
41	Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	441	30.4%	48.3%	+18.0pp
42	One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	332	17.7%	35.6%	+17.9pp
43	Figueroa Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	400	29.3%	47.1%	+17.8pp
44	Saturn Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	277	26.2%	44.0%	+17.8pp
45	Washington Elementary	Lynwood, CA	Lynwood Unified	492	30.3%	48.1%	+17.8pp
46	Ascot Avenue Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	610	25.1%	42.8%	+17.7pp
47	El Dorado Avenue Elementary	Sylmar, CA	Los Angeles Unified	364	16.7%	34.3%	+17.7pp
48	Broadacres Avenue Elementary Visual & Performing Arts Magnet	Carson, CA	Los Angeles Unified	275	17.5%	34.8%	+17.3pp
49	Los Cerritos	Paramount, CA	Paramount Unified	341	26.9%	44.2%	+17.3pp
50	Bonita Street Elementary	Carson, CA	Los Angeles Unified	399	27.1%	44.2%	+17.1pp

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