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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002904
Castle Heights Elementary
9755 Cattaraugus Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034 · (310) 839-4528 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools
- A+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.
- A-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
22.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
164 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 | 118 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
72%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Castle Heights Elementary→Palms Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
80.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.5pp since 2014
Math
79.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +27.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.0% | 25.4% | 12.3% | 7.3% |
| Math | 51.4% | 28.2% | 14.6% | 5.9% |
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 | 80.5% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 76.4% |
| 2022-23 | 78.8% | 72.9% |
| 2021-22 | 74.5% | 70.7% |
| 2018-19 | 71.4% | 65.8% |
| 2017-18 | 71.1% | 59.8% |
| 2016-17 | 70.2% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 19 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 Castle Heights Elementary
Castle Heights Elementary's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Heights Elementary this school | 501 | 32.7% | 79.8% |
| The New School of San Francisco San Francisco | 457 | 35.0% | N/A |
| Prisk Elementary Long Beach | 469 | 27.3% | 75.8% |
| Burcham Elementary Long Beach | 412 | 36.2% | 61.6% |
| Hollyglen Elementary Hawthorne | 518 | 28.0% | N/A |
| Robert Semple Elementary Benicia | 480 | 35.8% | 52.6% |
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 Castle Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #236 of 5,151 | #54 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #251 of 5,172 ▲ 115 | #57 of 1,129 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #249 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #61 of 1,129 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #1,034 of 5,116 | #341 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,422 of 5,915 | #490 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,802 of 5,352 | #715 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #417 of 5,354 | #71 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #4,652 of 5,625 | #1,112 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,676 of 3,837 | #738 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
501
-60 (-11%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
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 | 501 | 22 | 22.8:1 | 33% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 30% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 35% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 24 | 24.4:1 | 29% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | N/A | N/A | 31% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 53% (335) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 27 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castle Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (557 to 501); teachers unchanged (22 to 22).
About Castle Heights Elementary
Castle Heights Elementary, located in Los Angeles, California, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 501 students.
Los Angeles Unified is made up of 784 schools with 406,887 students in all.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Castle Heights Elementary is Hispanic, with 40% of students. Other groups make up 31% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 8% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.8:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Roughly 33% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Castle Heights Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 99% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Castle Heights Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California schools. It scores 79.8%; the prediction is 60.4%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Castle Heights Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Cheviot Hills Continuation is about 0.3 miles from Castle Heights Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Castle Heights Elementary is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Castle Heights Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment was 501 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 561. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.4:1 in 2020-21, and 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Castle Heights Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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Other Castle Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Castle Heights Elementary. Castle Heights Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Castle Heights ElementaryLebanon, TN · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Cheviot Hills Continuation0.3 mi · 25
- Alexander Hamilton Senior High0.5 mi · 2,055
- Shenandoah Street Elementary0.8 mi · 331
- Canfield Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 285
- Palms Elementary1.0 mi · 229
- Linwood E. Howe Elementary1.2 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Castle Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Castle Heights Elementary?
Castle Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-05.
Is Castle Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Castle Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Castle Heights Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Castle Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Castle Heights Elementary?
Castle Heights Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 40% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Castle Heights Elementary?
Castle Heights Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.