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Alumni: what's one memory from Buford Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENNOX·NCES 062142002563
Buford Elementary
4919 West 109th St., Lennox, CA 90304 · (310) 680-8900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
480 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Buford Elementary→Lennox Middle
Based on grade levels within Lennox. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.5pp since 2014
Math
47.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 24.5% | 27.5% | 26.0% |
| Math | 17.8% | 29.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% |
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 | 46.5% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 45.1% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.4% | 30.6% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 38.9% | 49.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in California's top 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 Buford Elementary
Buford Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Elementary this school | 513 | 93.6% | 46.3% |
| Teresa Burke Elementary Wasco | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
| San Vicente Elementary Soledad | 501 | 92.8% | 17.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Lynwood | 511 | 93.2% | 27.9% |
| Leo Politi Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 94.4% | 23.3% |
| Dyer Street Elementary Sylmar | 539 | 92.4% | 42.6% |
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 Buford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,979 of 5,151 | #459 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,783 of 5,172 ▲ 35 | #423 of 1,129 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #2,325 of 5,172 ▼ 234 | #554 of 1,129 ▼ 82 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.3pp | #458 of 5,116 | #174 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #2,269 of 5,915 | #457 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,829 of 5,352 | #721 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #4,926 of 5,354 | #1,050 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #631 of 5,625 | #290 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #1,075 of 3,837 | #400 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
513
-152 (-23%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 513 | 22.5 | 22.8:1 | 94% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 24.5 | 21.4:1 | 87% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 25.5 | 21.7:1 | 90% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 94% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 31 | 21.5:1 | 93% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 32 | 20.9:1 | 95% (635) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | N/A | N/A | 90% (638) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 51 | 18.9:1 | 94% (904) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 28 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (667 to 513); teachers down 27% (31 to 22.5).
About Buford Elementary
Buford Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Lennox, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 513 students in kindergarten through 5.
Lennox has 3,941 students in 6 schools, and Buford Elementary is one of those schools.
About 95% of the student body at Buford Elementary is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Buford Elementary's 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 22.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 94%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 24 points lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Buford Elementary is +21.6 points, in the top 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%, and the predicted rate is 24.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Buford Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Lennox Middle is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Buford Elementary. Buford Elementary places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 513, a 23% decrease from 665 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Buford Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Lennox
- Lennox MiddleMiddle · 1,193 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Moffett ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Dolores Huerta ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Felton ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Lennox
- Lennox MiddleMiddle · 1,193 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Moffett ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology AcademyHigh · 588 students
- Dolores Huerta ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Felton ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Other Buford Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Buford Elementary. Buford Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Buford ElementaryLancaster, SC · 792 students
- Buford Elementary SchoolBuford, GA · 431 students
Nearby schools
- Lennox Middle0.2 mi · 1,193
- Felton Elementary0.3 mi · 364
- Jefferson Elementary0.5 mi · 716
- Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy0.7 mi · 588
- Moffett Elementary0.9 mi · 626
- Animo Leadership High1.0 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Buford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Buford Elementary?
Buford Elementary enrolls approximately 513 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Buford Elementary serve?
Buford Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Buford Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Buford Elementary.
How diverse is Buford Elementary?
Buford Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Buford Elementary?
Buford Elementary is overseen by Lennox in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.