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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002900
Carson Street Elementary
161 East Carson St., Carson, CA 90745 · (310) 834-4508 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
425 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 138 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
60%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
60.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.5pp since 2014
Math
49.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.1% | 29.4% | 17.6% | 21.9% |
| Math | 26.2% | 23.3% | 23.3% | 27.2% |
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 | 60.5% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 53.8% | 46.4% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 62.4% | 51.3% |
| 2017-18 | 63.7% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 38.1% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Street Elementary
Carson Street Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Street Elementary this school | 623 | 68.2% | 53.5% |
| August Knodt Elementary Stockton | 642 | 67.9% | 15.2% |
| Napa Junction Elementary American Canyon | 531 | 69.9% | 39.3% |
| Bryn Mawr Elementary Loma Linda | 622 | 68.3% | 44.9% |
| Mission Elementary Redlands | 594 | 68.2% | 36.8% |
| Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary Stockton | 720 | 75.4% | 25.9% |
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 Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,488 of 5,151 | #340 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,628 of 5,172 ▼ 29 | #380 of 1,129 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,291 of 5,172 ▲ 260 | #289 of 1,129 ▲ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #827 of 5,116 | #289 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,201 of 5,915 | #230 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,381 of 5,352 | #643 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,809 of 5,354 | #271 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #3,058 of 5,625 | #866 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,375 of 3,837 | #681 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
623
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 623 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 68% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 66% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 78% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 30 | 22.3:1 | 74% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 31 | 22.9:1 | 73% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 72% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | N/A | N/A | 70% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 46 | 19.0:1 | 73% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 38 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (711 to 623); teachers down 10% (31 to 28).
About Carson Street Elementary
Carson Street Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Carson, California. The school enrolls 623 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 34% larger than that mark.
Federal data list 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified, with 406,887 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Carson Street Elementary, about 59 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The diversity index for Carson Street Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. In all, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is close, at 70%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Carson Street Elementary is 13.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 53.5%. Predicted: 39.6%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Carson Street Elementary places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 623, from 669 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Carson Street Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Carson
- Stephen M. White MiddleMiddle · 1,423 students
- Carson Senior HighHigh · 1,407 students
- Virtual Academy of the Arts & EntertainmentCombined · 878 students
- Andrew Carnegie MiddleMiddle · 843 students
- California Academy of Mathematics and ScienceHigh · 673 students
- Caroldale Learning CommunityElementary · 620 students
Nearby schools
- Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High0.6 mi · 474
- Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High0.6 mi · 438
- Carson Senior High0.6 mi · 1,407
- Stephen M. White Middle0.7 mi · 1,423
- Dolores Street Elementary0.8 mi · 370
- Eagle Tree Continuation0.8 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Carson Street ElementaryHow large is Carson Street Elementary?
Carson Street Elementary enrolls approximately 623 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Carson Street Elementary serve?
Carson Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carson Street Elementary have?
Carson Street Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carson Street Elementary?
At Carson Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 59% Hispanic, 9% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Carson Street Elementary public or private?
Carson 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.