Bushnell Way Elementary

Bushnell Way Elementary is an one-room-style elementary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school educates 157 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Bushnell Way Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bushnell Way Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder comes out to 3% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Bushnell Way Elementary records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bushnell Way Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Bushnell Way Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bushnell Way Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Los Angeles College Prep Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bushnell Way Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 201 students in 2018 compared to 157 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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