Avalon Gardens Elementary

Located at 13940 South San Pedro St., in Los Angeles, California, Avalon Gardens Elementary is a very small K-5 school that enrolls 171 students (grades K through 6), operated by Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Avalon Gardens Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 42% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Avalon Gardens Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.8%; this one delivers 30.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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 Avalon Gardens Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Avalon Gardens Elementary's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 217 (now 171). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 58% to 42% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Avalon Gardens Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.