Center Street Elementary

Center Street Elementary operates as a heavily attended elementary-level community in El Segundo, California, one of the schools within El Segundo Unified. Current enrollment sits at 797 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within El Segundo Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 3,462 students, Center Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Center Street Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 12% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Center Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.9%; this one delivers 77.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Center Street Elementary is one.

El Segundo Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Center Street Elementary. On composite proficiency, Center Street Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Center Street Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 795 students in 2018 to 797 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 50% to 42%. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.