Catskill Avenue Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary school in Carson, California, Catskill Avenue Elementary educates 419 students from grades K through 5, run under Los Angeles Unified.

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

On the student-mix side, Catskill Avenue Elementary reports that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Catskill Avenue Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Catskill Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Catskill Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dolores Street Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Catskill Avenue Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Catskill Avenue Elementary has contracted 20%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 75% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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