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What's one thing Cienega Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002919
Cienega Elementary
2611 South Orange Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90016 · (323) 939-1138 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- A+Three-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
16.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
328 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
29%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.7pp since 2014
Math
36.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.6% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 36.3% |
| Math | 14.3% | 22.6% | 25.0% | 38.1% |
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 | 41.7% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 28.1% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 24.3% |
| 2021-22 | 27.1% | 22.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 37.1% |
| 2017-18 | 43.2% | 35.7% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Cienega Elementary
Cienega Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cienega Elementary this school | 370 | 88.6% | 34.5% |
| Alta Loma Elementary Los Angeles | 381 | 89.8% | 30.3% |
| Kendall Elementary San Bernardino | 351 | 87.7% | 28.3% |
| Foster Elementary Compton | 398 | 84.9% | 56.5% |
| Vermont Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 342 | 90.6% | 44.4% |
| Laurel Street Elementary Compton | 377 | 87.5% | 57.9% |
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 Cienega Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,016 of 5,151 | #751 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #2,552 of 5,172 ▲ 723 | #645 of 1,129 ▲ 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,758 of 5,172 ▲ 891 | #664 of 1,129 ▲ 207 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.6pp | #192 of 5,116 | #81 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #4,048 of 5,915 | #872 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #116 of 5,352 | #33 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #3,980 of 5,354 | #746 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #1,259 of 5,625 | #492 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #211 of 3,837 | #105 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
370
-98 (-21%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 370 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 89% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 87% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 21 | 20.0:1 | 94% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 93% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 27 | 21.9:1 | 93% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 91% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | N/A | N/A | 93% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 1,082 | 59 | 18.3:1 | 93% (1,001) |
| 1990-91 | 980 | 43 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cienega Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (591 to 370); teachers down 19% (27 to 22).
About Cienega Elementary
Cienega Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Los Angeles, California. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 370 students. It has 20% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Cienega Elementary is a school in Los Angeles Unified. The district has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cienega Elementary is 83% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 11% Black and 5% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 328 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cienega Elementary lands at B, ahead of 61% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Cienega Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.5% actual against a predicted 27.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Cienega Elementary.
Stella Elementary Charter Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from Cienega Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Cienega Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Cienega Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Cienega Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 370, compared with 468 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 16.8:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Cienega Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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Other Cienega Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cienega Elementary. Cienega Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Cienega ElementaryHollister, CA · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Stella Elementary Charter Academy0.1 mi · 258
- Marvin Elementary0.6 mi · 503
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- Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High0.7 mi · 853
- View Park Continuation0.8 mi · 20
- Virginia Road Elementary0.8 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Cienega ElementaryHow large is Cienega Elementary?
Cienega Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cienega Elementary serve?
Cienega Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cienega Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cienega Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cienega Elementary?
Cienega Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cienega Elementary in?
Cienega Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.