Birdielee V. Bright Elementary

Birdielee V. Bright Elementary is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, instructing 374 students in grades K through 5.

Birdielee V. Bright Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that caters to 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Birdielee V. Bright Elementary shows that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 16% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Birdielee V. Bright Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Birdielee V. Bright Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Birdielee V. Bright Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 37.7%, a residual of +15.1 points.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Birdielee V. Bright Elementary is one.

Foshay Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Birdielee V. Bright Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 42%: 650 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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