Bryson Avenue Elementary

Located at 4470 Missouri Ave., in South Gate, California, Bryson Avenue Elementary is a well-populated elementary school that hosts 706 students (grades K through 5), part of Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 52% larger than typical.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Bryson Avenue Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Bryson Avenue Elementary records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bryson Avenue Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 28.9%; Bryson Avenue Elementary posts 52.4%, +23.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Bryson Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is San Miguel Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bryson Avenue Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

Bryson Avenue Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 792 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025.

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