Coliseum Street Elementary

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, Coliseum Street Elementary instructs 218 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 53% smaller than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Coliseum Street Elementary records that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 45% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Coliseum Street Elementary has 13 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. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coliseum Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 16.4%.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Coliseum Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Stella Middle Charter Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coliseum Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coliseum Street Elementary at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 212 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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