Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000974
Carver Elementary
1425 East 120th St., Los Angeles, CA 90059 · (310) 898-6150 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
32.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
269 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
42.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.1pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 29.0% | 28.4% | 29.5% |
| Math | 16.9% | 19.7% | 24.6% | 38.8% |
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 | 42.1% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 43.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.1% | 36.1% |
| 2021-22 | 40.5% | 32.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.6% | 23.9% |
| 2017-18 | 25.9% | 17.7% |
| 2016-17 | 27.8% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 15 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 Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 293 | 91.8% | 41.2% |
| Stella Elementary Charter Academy Los Angeles | 258 | 91.9% | N/A |
| Martin Luther King Elementary Compton | 336 | 91.1% | 38.6% |
| Washington Elementary Compton | 268 | 87.7% | 42.1% |
| Grape Street Elementary Los Angeles | 333 | 97.9% | 26.7% |
| Hudnall (Claude) Elementary Inglewood | 332 | 94.3% | 17.1% |
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 Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #2,366 of 5,151 | #568 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,579 of 5,172 ▼ 635 | #653 of 1,129 ▼ 205 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #2,720 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #658 of 1,129 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,274 of 5,116 | #586 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #4,820 of 5,915 | #1,080 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 32.6:1 | #5,337 of 5,352 | #1,211 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #3,831 of 5,354 | #704 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #862 of 5,625 | #370 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.3% | #185 of 3,837 | #91 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
293
-48 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
32.6:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 293 | 9 | 32.6:1 | 92% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 13.6 | 23.0:1 | 96% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 13.6 | 24.6:1 | 72% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 14 | 24.4:1 | 92% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 17.5 | 27.1:1 | 88% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 91% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | N/A | N/A | 85% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | 92% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 17 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (475 to 293); teachers down 49% (17.5 to 9).
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in California, located in Los Angeles. A federal count lists 293 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Carver Elementary is one school in Compton Unified, a system of 36 schools with 16,304 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Carver Elementary, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups make up 20% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Carver Elementary counts 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 32.6 students for each one. This ratio sits 10.3 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 92% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Carver Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Carver Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California schools. It scores 41.2%; the prediction is 25.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that 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. Besides Carver Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The nearest public school is King/Drew Medical Magnet High, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Carver Elementary comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
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.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 48 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 24.4:1 to 32.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Carver Elementary. 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
Quick facts
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Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 20th largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementarySan Marino, CA · 777 students
- Carver ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 562 students
- Carver ElementarySan Diego, CA · 187 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
Nearby schools
- King/Drew Medical Magnet High0.2 mi · 1,381
- Ronald E. McNair Elementary0.6 mi · 358
- One Hundred Twelfth Street Elementary0.6 mi · 319
- Centennial High0.7 mi · 908
- One Hundred Sixteenth Street Elementary0.7 mi · 401
- Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary0.7 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryHow large is Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-08.
Is Carver Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carver Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Carver Elementary?
Approximately 32.6:1 students per teacher at Carver Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Elementary?
At Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 80% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.