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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062121002540
Billy Mitchell Elementary
14429 Condon Ave., Lawndale, CA 90260 · (310) 676-6140 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
412 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 | 110 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 69% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
40.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 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 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.6% | 25.1% | 28.1% | 31.1% |
| Math | 16.8% | 22.2% | 35.3% | 25.8% |
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 | 40.7% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 29.2% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 32.2% |
| 2018-19 | 41.4% | 30.1% |
| 2017-18 | 37.2% | 32.4% |
| 2016-17 | 31.1% | 33.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Billy Mitchell Elementary
Billy Mitchell Elementary's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Mitchell Elementary this school | 471 | 87.5% | 37.5% |
| Ramona Elementary Bellflower | 454 | 87.9% | 24.6% |
| Thompson Elementary Highland | 455 | 88.8% | 33.1% |
| Oehl Elementary Highland | 436 | 89.0% | 23.1% |
| Parkside Elementary San Bernardino | 485 | 88.7% | 20.6% |
| Patricia Beatty Elementary Riverside | 494 | 84.8% | 36.7% |
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 Billy Mitchell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,714 of 5,151 | #665 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,369 of 5,172 ▲ 233 | #594 of 1,129 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,855 of 5,172 ▲ 360 | #684 of 1,129 ▲ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,607 of 5,116 | #649 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,783 of 5,915 | #559 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,200 of 5,352 | #367 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #3,715 of 5,354 | #674 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,400 of 5,625 | #534 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #2,458 of 3,837 | #695 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
471
0 (0%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
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 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 87% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 23.5 | 19.4:1 | 83% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 88% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 91% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 23.4 | 22.8:1 | 85% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 81% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | N/A | N/A | 83% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 71% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 16 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Billy Mitchell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (534 to 471); teachers down 2% (23.4 to 23).
About Billy Mitchell Elementary
Billy Mitchell Elementary sits in Lawndale, California, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 471 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Lawndale Elementary has a total of 8 schools and 4,314 students, Billy Mitchell Elementary among them.
Of every 100 students at Billy Mitchell Elementary, about 80 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Billy Mitchell Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 23 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. Billy Mitchell Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 87%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The model predicts 28.3% for a school in California with Billy Mitchell Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Billy Mitchell Elementary posts 37.5%.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Billy Mitchell Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Lucille J. Smith Elementary, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.8%; Billy Mitchell Elementary's is 37.5%, ranking 4th of 7.
Billy Mitchell Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Billy Mitchell Elementary enrolled 471; in 2024-25, 471.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawndale Elementary
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- William Green ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- F. D. Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
Other schools in Lawndale
- Leuzinger HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Lawndale HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Lucille J. Smith Elementary0.3 mi · 331
- Lawndale High0.3 mi · 1,403
- Centinela Valley Independent Study0.5 mi · 62
- R. K. Lloyde High0.5 mi · 230
- Jane Addams Middle0.6 mi · 644
- Ramona0.6 mi · 767
Frequently asked questions
About Billy Mitchell ElementaryHow large is Billy Mitchell Elementary?
Billy Mitchell Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Billy Mitchell Elementary serve?
Billy Mitchell Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Billy Mitchell Elementary?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Billy Mitchell Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Billy Mitchell Elementary?
At Billy Mitchell Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Billy Mitchell Elementary?
Billy Mitchell Elementary is overseen by Lawndale Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.