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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies this year?
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Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012721
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies
3200 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018 · (323) 766-5500 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
17.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
329 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
14%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.5pp since 2014
Math
32.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.5% | 24.0% | 22.9% | 40.6% |
| Math | 10.4% | 21.9% | 29.2% | 38.5% |
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 | 36.5% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 35.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.2% | 32.1% |
| 2021-22 | 35.3% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 34.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.7% | 28.8% |
| 2016-17 | 31.7% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies this school | 344 | 95.6% | 35.4% |
| Utah Street Elementary Los Angeles | 360 | 95.6% | 28.5% |
| Chavez Elementary San Diego | 361 | 96.4% | 22.0% |
| Global Education Academy Los Angeles | 358 | 96.4% | N/A |
| Fifteenth Street Elementary San Pedro | 353 | 95.5% | 30.0% |
| Kimbrough Elementary San Diego | 316 | 96.8% | 21.7% |
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 Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,918 of 5,151 | #732 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #2,990 of 5,172 ▼ 455 | #777 of 1,129 ▼ 162 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #3,277 of 5,172 ▼ 223 | #796 of 1,129 ▼ 71 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #1,725 of 5,116 | #485 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #4,338 of 5,915 | #942 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #154 of 5,352 | #44 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #4,762 of 5,354 | #993 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #362 of 5,625 | #183 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.4% | #82 of 3,837 | #42 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
344
-161 (-32%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 96% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 94% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 24.5 | 16.4:1 | 95% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 96% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 28 | 22.1:1 | 95% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 28 | 23.1:1 | 94% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | N/A | N/A | 89% (580) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (619 to 344); teachers down 29% (28 to 20).
About Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies, located in Los Angeles, California, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 344 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 26% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% Black and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies scores 14%.
A staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 26 points.
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 23.5%. Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies scores 35.4%, 11.9 points above that line.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Arlington Heights Elementary is the nearest public school to Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies, about 0.3 miles away. Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 22.5% proficiency; Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies posts 35.4%.
The NCES locale for Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 344 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 505. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.2:1 in 2020-21 to 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental StudiesWhat is the total enrollment at Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies?
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies enrolls approximately 344 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies serve?
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies have?
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies?
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies reports a student body of 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies?
Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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