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What's something Belvedere Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002848
Belvedere Elementary
3724 East First St., Los Angeles, CA 90063 · (323) 269-0345 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
514 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
4%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.7pp since 2014
Math
20.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.3% | 19.4% | 28.7% | 42.5% |
| Math | 6.4% | 14.1% | 31.7% | 47.8% |
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 | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 26.0% | 27.7% |
| 2017-18 | 25.4% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 14.7% | 13.7% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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%.
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 Belvedere Elementary
Belvedere Elementary's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere Elementary this school | 526 | 97.7% | 25.4% |
| Bonita Elementary Santa Maria | 535 | 97.8% | 15.1% |
| Santa Rita Elementary Salinas | 545 | 97.2% | 10.7% |
| Loma Vista Elementary Maywood | 498 | 98.0% | 40.0% |
| Teresa Hughes Elementary Cudahy | 515 | 96.7% | 40.4% |
| Eastman Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 96.3% | 23.5% |
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 Belvedere Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,031 of 5,151 | #986 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #4,259 of 5,172 ▼ 596 | #1,040 of 1,129 ▼ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #4,101 of 5,172 ▼ 131 | #983 of 1,129 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #599 of 5,116 | #96 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #2,137 of 5,915 | #429 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,053 of 5,352 | #319 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.1% | #5,241 of 5,354 | #1,178 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #123 of 5,625 | #70 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #607 of 3,837 | #258 of 947 |
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
526
-115 (-18%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,267
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 526 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 98% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 98% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 99% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 30 | 21.4:1 | 99% (632) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 95% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 34 | 23.1:1 | 94% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 969 | N/A | N/A | 96% (934) |
| 2000-01 | 1,331 | 68 | 19.6:1 | 94% (1,250) |
| 1990-91 | 1,267 | 49 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belvedere Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (741 to 526); teachers down 19% (32 to 26).
About Belvedere Elementary
Belvedere Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, administered by Los Angeles Unified. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 526 students.
Belvedere Elementary falls under Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools enrolling 406,887 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Belvedere Elementary, with 98% of enrollment. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. Belvedere Elementary has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Belvedere Elementary is 98%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Belvedere Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Belvedere Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 22.3%. Belvedere Elementary scores 25.4%, 3.1 points above that line.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 8, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Belvedere Elementary is 4th among 4 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 641 to 526. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.4:1 in 2020-21, and 20.2:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Belvedere Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Other Belvedere Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Belvedere Elementary. Belvedere Elementary is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Belvedere ElementaryHighland, CA · 557 students
- Belvedere ElementaryBelvedere, SC · 617 students
- Belvedere ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 606 students
- Belvedere ElementaryArnold, MD · 542 students
- BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 80.1 mi · 396
- Alliance Morgan McKinzie High0.1 mi · 450
- City of Angels0.1 mi · 1,058
- Ramona Opportunity High0.3 mi · 13
- Belvedere Middle0.4 mi · 734
- Rowan Avenue Elementary0.5 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Belvedere ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Belvedere Elementary?
Belvedere Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Belvedere Elementary serve?
Belvedere Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Belvedere Elementary have?
Belvedere Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Belvedere Elementary?
Student demographics at Belvedere Elementary are roughly 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Belvedere Elementary?
Belvedere Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.