Brooklyn Avenue

Brooklyn Avenue operates as a mid-tier primary school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 510 students spanning grades K through 8.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brooklyn Avenue shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Brooklyn Avenue qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brooklyn Avenue sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.3%; actual is 43.8%, +17.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Brooklyn Avenue is one.

The closest other public school is Ednovate - Encore Arts and Media College Prep, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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