Angeles Mesa Elementary

Angeles Mesa Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. The school caters to 297 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Angeles Mesa Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Angeles Mesa Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 28% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Angeles Mesa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Angeles Mesa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Angeles Mesa Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Angeles Mesa Elementary's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 297). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 35% to 28%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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