Charles H. Kim Elementary

Located at 225 South Oxford Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Charles H. Kim Elementary is a mid-sized primary school that caters to 483 students (grades K through 5), part of Los Angeles Unified.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles H. Kim Elementary shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Asian, 4% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Charles H. Kim Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Charles H. Kim Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.9%; Charles H. Kim Elementary posts 65.1%, +41.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Charles H. Kim Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cahuenga Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles H. Kim Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles H. Kim Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles H. Kim Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 674 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 48% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.