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Bellingham Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bellingham Elementary
Located at 6728 Bellingham Ave., in North Hollywood, California, Bellingham Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school that works with 390 students (grades K through 5), part of Los Angeles Unified.
Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Bellingham Elementary is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Bellingham Elementary records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Bellingham Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Bellingham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bellingham Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.
Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Bellingham Elementary is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ISANA Palmati Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellingham Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.7%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bellingham Elementary has ticked down 32%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.
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