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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002911
Chapman Elementary
1947 Marine Ave., Gardena, CA 90249 · (310) 324-2275 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
256 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 104 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 112% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
67%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
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
61.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.2pp since 2014
Math
56.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.9% | 28.2% | 14.7% | 24.1% |
| Math | 34.7% | 21.8% | 25.9% | 17.6% |
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 | 61.2% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 59.5% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 55.8% |
| 2018-19 | 62.8% | 54.1% |
| 2017-18 | 68.3% | 59.7% |
| 2016-17 | 50.7% | 47.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Elementary this school | 406 | 63.1% | 60.5% |
| Murphy Elementary El Sobrante | 460 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| East Avenue Elementary Hayward | 407 | 66.8% | 28.6% |
| Glen Cove Elementary Vallejo | 441 | 68.5% | 38.3% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Sacramento | 357 | 61.9% | 26.8% |
| Riverside Elementary Richmond | 343 | 66.8% | 18.9% |
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 Chapman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,096 of 5,151 | #254 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,232 of 5,172 ▼ 358 | #284 of 1,129 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #1,243 of 5,172 ▲ 41 | #278 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,185 of 5,116 | #577 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #3,628 of 5,915 | #774 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,079 of 5,352 | #333 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,033 of 5,354 | #163 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #3,327 of 5,625 | #915 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #3,506 of 3,837 | #892 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
406
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 63% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 20 | 18.7:1 | 63% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 71% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 79% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 80% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 82% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | N/A | N/A | 67% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 72% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 16 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (420 to 406); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles Unified, located in Gardena, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 406 students.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Chapman Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 50% of students at Chapman Elementary are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Asian, 17% Black, and 12% multiracial. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Chapman Elementary's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.3:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.0 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment.
After accounting for student poverty, Chapman Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.5% is 17.9 points above the 42.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The closest public school to Chapman Elementary is One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Chapman Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 60.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Chapman Elementary's location as City: Small.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Chapman Elementary had 389 students, to 2024-25, when it had 406.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Chapman Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
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- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Gardena
- Gardena Senior HighHigh · 1,343 students
- Robert E. Peary MiddleMiddle · 1,082 students
- Denker Avenue ElementaryElementary · 670 students
- Amestoy ElementaryElementary · 623 students
- One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street ElementaryElementary · 554 students
Other Chapman Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Chapman Elementary. Chapman Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Chapman ElementaryChico, CA · 311 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolStrongsville, OH · 446 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolROCKWOOD, MI · 434 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 353 students
- Chapman ElemChapman, KS · 282 students
Nearby schools
- One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary0.5 mi · 363
- One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary0.5 mi · 353
- Environmental Charter High - Gardena0.9 mi · 454
- Denker Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 670
- Robert E. Peary Middle1.1 mi · 1,082
- KIPP Generations Academy1.1 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman ElementaryHow many students attend Chapman Elementary?
Chapman Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Chapman Elementary serve?
Chapman Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chapman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chapman Elementary is approximately 20.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Chapman Elementary?
Chapman Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 50% Hispanic, 17% Black, 18% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Chapman Elementary?
Chapman 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.