Cheremoya Avenue Elementary

As a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary serves 161 students from grades K through 5, run under Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 65% below typical.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 25% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.5%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Cheremoya Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grant Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 44%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 44% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

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