Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002871
Buchanan Street Elementary
5024 Buchanan St., Los Angeles, CA 90042 · (323) 255-7118 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
17.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
184 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 82 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 110% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
38%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Buchanan Street Elementary→Luther Burbank Mid Sch Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.2pp since 2014
Math
39.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 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 24 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 | 22.4% | 24.8% | 16.0% | 36.8% |
| Math | 18.4% | 20.8% | 21.6% | 39.2% |
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 | 47.2% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 34.1% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 20.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.1% | 39.8% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 34.7% | 22.3% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Buchanan Street Elementary
Buchanan Street Elementary's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Street Elementary this school | 278 | 66.2% | 38.4% |
| Arroyo Elementary Simi Valley | 264 | 67.0% | 32.2% |
| Linscott Charter Watsonville | 258 | 65.9% | 44.0% |
| Thelma Bedell Elementary Santa Paula | 294 | 67.0% | 26.7% |
| LEAD Elementary San Mateo | 349 | 66.5% | 15.4% |
| Leonardo da Vinci Health Sciences Charter Chula Vista | 273 | 66.7% | N/A |
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 Buchanan Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #2,632 of 5,151 | #644 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #2,343 of 5,172 ▲ 895 | #589 of 1,129 ▲ 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #2,256 of 5,172 ▲ 470 | #530 of 1,129 ▲ 108 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.6pp | #76 of 5,116 | #36 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #4,939 of 5,915 | #1,113 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #176 of 5,352 | #48 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #3,583 of 5,354 | #640 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #3,165 of 5,625 | #885 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #595 of 3,837 | #253 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
278
-22 (-7%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 278 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 66% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 72% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 16 | 18.2:1 | 79% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | 83% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 19 | 20.6:1 | 81% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 79% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | N/A | N/A | 42% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 90% (740) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 31 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buchanan Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (392 to 278); teachers down 16% (19 to 16).
About Buchanan Street Elementary
In Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles County, Buchanan Street Elementary is an elementary school. A federal count lists 278 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Buchanan Street Elementary is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
Hispanic students account for 78% of enrollment at Buchanan Street Elementary. Enrollment also includes 9% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 30 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Buchanan Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Buchanan Street Elementary was 17.4:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 66%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Buchanan Street Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Buchanan Street Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.4%, compared with a predicted 40.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest public school, Highland Park Continuation, is about 0.3 miles from Buchanan Street Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Buchanan Street Elementary is 4th among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 300 to 278. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.0:1 to 17.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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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Frequently asked questions
About Buchanan Street ElementaryHow large is Buchanan Street Elementary?
Buchanan Street Elementary enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Buchanan Street Elementary serve?
Buchanan Street Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buchanan Street Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buchanan Street Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buchanan Street Elementary?
At Buchanan Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Buchanan Street Elementary public or private?
Buchanan Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.