Aldama Elementary

Aldama Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, educates 329 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Aldama Elementary sits 29% below that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Aldama Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Aldama Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Aldama Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Aldama Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Monte Vista Street Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aldama Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 36%: 517 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Aldama Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.