Castelar Street Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary school in Los Angeles, California, Castelar Street Elementary hosts 626 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Castelar Street Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Castelar Street Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Castelar Street Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Castelar Street Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 28.6%; actual is 54.0%, +25.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Castelar Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castelar Street Elementary. On composite proficiency, Castelar Street Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Castelar Street Elementary's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 673 (now 626). Asian enrollment moved from 63% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.