Beethoven Street Elementary

As a close-knit primary school in Los Angeles, California, Beethoven Street Elementary enrolls 315 students from grades K through 5, run under Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Beethoven Street Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Beethoven Street Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beethoven Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Beethoven Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Mark Twain Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beethoven Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beethoven Street Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beethoven Street Elementary has shrank 9%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.