Cienega Elementary

Located at 2611 South Orange Dr., in Los Angeles, California, Cienega Elementary is an intimate K-5 school that enrolls 370 students (grades K through 5), run under Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 20% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Cienega Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cienega Elementary shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 11% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cienega Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Cienega Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cienega Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Cienega Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stella Elementary Charter Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cienega Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cienega Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 37%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.