Aragon Avenue Elementary

Located at 1118 Aragon Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Aragon Avenue Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school that instructs 205 students (grades K through 5), operated by Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Aragon Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Aragon Avenue Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder comes out to 4% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Aragon Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Aragon Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Aragon Avenue Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Florence Nightingale Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aragon Avenue Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aragon Avenue Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.6%.

Aragon Avenue Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Aragon Avenue Elementary's enrollment has decreased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 205). Hispanic enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Aragon Avenue Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.