Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002828
Atwater Avenue Elementary
3271 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039 · (323) 665-5941 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
200 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 175% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Atwater Avenue Elementary→Washington Irving Mid Sch Math Music and Engr Magnet
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.0pp since 2014
Math
54.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +33.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.6% | 23.5% | 18.1% | 24.8% |
| Math | 32.2% | 22.1% | 18.8% | 26.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 48.3% | 50.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 41.8% |
| 2018-19 | 43.9% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 29.0% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Atwater Avenue Elementary
Atwater Avenue Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwater Avenue Elementary this school | 332 | 60.2% | 50.3% |
| Dos Caminos Elementary Camarillo | 337 | 63.5% | 51.0% |
| Guin Foss Elementary Santa Ana | 395 | 61.5% | 56.4% |
| Valley View Acad of Tech and Creative Lrng (TK-6) Duarte | 317 | 61.2% | 55.4% |
| Bradoaks Elementary Science Academy Monrovia | 368 | 62.2% | 40.2% |
| Miwok Valley Elementary Charter Petaluma | 288 | 64.6% | 20.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Atwater Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,700 of 5,151 | #378 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,347 of 5,172 ▲ 252 | #311 of 1,129 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,537 of 5,172 ▲ 612 | #344 of 1,129 ▲ 147 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.4pp | #165 of 5,116 | #69 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #4,456 of 5,915 | #969 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #191 of 5,352 | #55 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #2,064 of 5,354 | #319 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #3,469 of 5,625 | #936 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #594 of 1,139 | #98 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
332
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 332 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 60% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 17 | 19.3:1 | 58% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 61% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 79% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 16 | 19.3:1 | 81% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | N/A | N/A | 74% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 89% (450) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atwater Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (307 to 332); teachers up 19% (16 to 19).
About Atwater Avenue Elementary
Atwater Avenue Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in California, located in Los Angeles. It educates 332 students in kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 29% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified, which runs Atwater Avenue Elementary, has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Hispanic students account for 61% of enrollment at Atwater Avenue Elementary. Smaller groups are 17% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. Atwater Avenue Elementary has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Atwater Avenue Elementary is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 60% of students, or 200, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Atwater Avenue Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Atwater Avenue Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (50.3%) and its predicted rate (44.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Atwater Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Nearby, Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Atwater Avenue Elementary places 2nd out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Atwater Avenue Elementary is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 316 to 332. Students per teacher fell from 18.6 in 2020-21 to 17.5 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Atwater Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Atwater Avenue Elementary?
Atwater Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 332 students in grades KG-06.
Is Atwater Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atwater Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Atwater Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Atwater Avenue Elementary.
How diverse is Atwater Avenue Elementary?
Atwater Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 61% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Atwater Avenue Elementary?
Atwater Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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