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What's something Charles W. Barrett Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003221
Charles W. Barrett Elementary
419 West 98th St., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 756-1419 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
468 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 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
36%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
Charles W. Barrett Elementary→Bret Harte Preparatory Middle
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
27.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.5pp since 2014
Math
23.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 14.6% | 23.2% | 49.4% |
| Math | 8.8% | 15.1% | 23.9% | 52.1% |
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 | 27.5% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 33.2% |
| 2022-23 | 26.9% | 30.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 25.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.8% | 29.6% |
| 2017-18 | 30.0% | 26.2% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 26.3% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Charles W. Barrett Elementary
Charles W. Barrett Elementary's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Barrett Elementary this school | 473 | 98.9% | 29.3% |
| One Hundred Eighteenth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 465 | 98.3% | 27.0% |
| Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 487 | 97.1% | 41.5% |
| Hunt Elementary San Bernardino | 533 | 97.2% | 18.3% |
| Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 527 | 97.0% | 29.7% |
| E. Neal Roberts Elementary San Bernardino | 425 | 96.5% | 24.9% |
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 Charles W. Barrett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #3,600 of 5,151 | #905 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #3,888 of 5,172 ▼ 1,125 | #985 of 1,129 ▼ 300 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #4,220 of 5,172 ▼ 755 | #1,007 of 1,129 ▼ 179 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,381 of 5,116 | #222 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,756 of 5,915 | #554 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,012 of 5,352 | #309 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #3,644 of 5,354 | #655 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #34 of 5,625 | #19 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.2% | #87 of 3,837 | #45 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
473
-207 (-30%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,051
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 473 | 23.5 | 20.1:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 99% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 98% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 33 | 20.6:1 | 98% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 36.5 | 22.8:1 | 93% (773) |
| 2015-16 | 946 | 43 | 22.0:1 | 91% (863) |
| 2010-11 | 1,086 | N/A | N/A | 51% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 1,232 | 59 | 20.9:1 | 97% (1,195) |
| 1990-91 | 1,051 | 50 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles W. Barrett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (833 to 473); teachers down 36% (36.5 to 23.5).
About Charles W. Barrett Elementary
Los Angeles, California, is home to Charles W. Barrett Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 473 students.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Charles W. Barrett Elementary.
The student body at Charles W. Barrett Elementary is 77% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 19% Black and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Charles W. Barrett Elementary are from different groups.
Charles W. Barrett Elementary has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.1:1. The school's 20.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles W. Barrett Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 41% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at Charles W. Barrett Elementary are 7.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.3% actual, 21.6% predicted).
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Charles W. Barrett Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Charles W. Barrett Elementary's nearest public school is Watts Learning Center (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Charles W. Barrett Elementary is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Charles W. Barrett Elementary is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 207 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Charles W. Barrett Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles W. Barrett ElementaryHow large is Charles W. Barrett Elementary?
Charles W. Barrett Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Charles W. Barrett Elementary serve?
Charles W. Barrett Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Charles W. Barrett Elementary have?
Charles W. Barrett Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles W. Barrett Elementary?
At Charles W. Barrett Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Charles W. Barrett Elementary public or private?
Charles W. Barrett 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.