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What's something Catskill Avenue Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002906
Catskill Avenue Elementary
23536 Catskill Ave., Carson, CA 90745 · (310) 834-7241 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
378 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 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
33%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
48.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.9pp since 2014
Math
49.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +29.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 28.8% | 25.0% | 26.1% |
| Math | 17.3% | 32.4% | 29.2% | 21.1% |
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 | 48.9% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.1% | 37.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 35.1% |
| 2018-19 | 53.8% | 47.2% |
| 2017-18 | 46.1% | 43.7% |
| 2016-17 | 37.6% | 35.1% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% 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 18 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 Catskill Avenue Elementary
Catskill Avenue Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catskill Avenue Elementary this school | 419 | 90.2% | 44.6% |
| Pinedale Elementary Pinedale | 433 | 91.2% | 26.9% |
| Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology North Hills | 421 | 90.3% | 31.1% |
| Fremont Elementary Fresno | 443 | 91.6% | 20.4% |
| Ramona Elementary Bellflower | 454 | 87.9% | 24.6% |
| El Camino Elementary Ontario | 476 | 89.9% | 36.7% |
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 Catskill Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,100 of 5,151 | #493 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,611 of 5,172 ▲ 798 | #375 of 1,129 ▲ 206 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #2,125 of 5,172 ▲ 376 | #491 of 1,129 ▲ 85 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #414 of 5,116 | #159 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #3,437 of 5,915 | #719 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #912 of 5,352 | #282 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #3,776 of 5,354 | #688 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,080 of 5,625 | #442 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #1,464 of 3,837 | #505 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
419
-56 (-12%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 90% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 89% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 22 | 20.8:1 | 91% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 20 | 23.8:1 | 89% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 89% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 88% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | N/A | N/A | 74% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 872 | 43 | 20.3:1 | 86% (750) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 34 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catskill Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (522 to 419); teachers unchanged (21 to 21).
About Catskill Avenue Elementary
Catskill Avenue Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Carson, California, one of the schools in Los Angeles Unified. It had 419 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Catskill Avenue Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 81% of those enrolled at Catskill Avenue Elementary. The next largest groups are 8% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Catskill Avenue Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Catskill Avenue Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 90%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 44.6%, is 17.9 points above the 26.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of California schools.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Catskill Avenue Elementary.
Dolores Street Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Catskill Avenue Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Catskill Avenue Elementary places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 475 students in 2020-21 to 419 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.8:1 in 2020-21 to 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High0.8 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Catskill Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Catskill Avenue Elementary?
Catskill Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
Is Catskill Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Catskill Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Catskill Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Catskill Avenue Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Catskill Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Catskill Avenue Elementary are roughly 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Catskill Avenue Elementary public or private?
Catskill Avenue 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.