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What's the most underrated thing about Commonwealth Avenue Elementary that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002934
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary
215 South Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004 · (213) 384-2546 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
447 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
44%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
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary→Virgil 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
39.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
36.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.3% | 14.6% | 20.6% | 39.5% |
| Math | 23.6% | 13.2% | 17.8% | 45.4% |
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 | 39.9% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 40.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.8% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.6% | 42.1% |
| 2018-19 | 45.0% | 36.4% |
| 2017-18 | 48.2% | 40.1% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 39.8% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in California's top 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 Commonwealth Avenue Elementary
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Avenue Elementary this school | 504 | 88.7% | 42.0% |
| Central Elementary Tracy | 491 | 90.2% | 22.9% |
| Rowland Elementary Rowland Heights | 461 | 91.1% | 16.6% |
| Madison Elementary Fresno | 487 | 85.0% | 40.1% |
| Wishon Elementary Fresno | 497 | 92.8% | 31.9% |
| Montera Elementary Montclair | 564 | 87.4% | 44.8% |
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 Commonwealth Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,305 of 5,151 | #549 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,561 of 5,172 ▼ 436 | #648 of 1,129 ▼ 147 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,938 of 5,172 ▼ 1,066 | #705 of 1,129 ▼ 292 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #295 of 5,116 | #42 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #2,383 of 5,915 | #479 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #675 of 5,352 | #202 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #3,211 of 5,354 | #549 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #1,254 of 5,625 | #490 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #1,064 of 3,837 | #397 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
504
-45 (-8%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 89% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 87% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 91% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 91% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 29.5 | 22.2:1 | 88% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 88% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | N/A | N/A | 90% (782) |
| 2000-01 | 1,115 | 56 | 19.9:1 | 97% (1,083) |
| 1990-91 | 1,010 | 39 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Commonwealth Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (656 to 504); teachers down 12% (29.5 to 26).
About Commonwealth Avenue Elementary
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Los Angeles, California. The school's 504 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified serves 406,887 students across 784 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Commonwealth Avenue Elementary, at 73%. Smaller groups are 14% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at Commonwealth Avenue Elementary and a ratio of 19.4:1. This ratio sits 2.9 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 89% of students. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Commonwealth Avenue Elementary would score about 27.6%. It scores 42.0%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #2, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 44.4% proficiency; Commonwealth Avenue Elementary posts 42.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 504, an 8% decrease from 549 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Commonwealth Avenue Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Commonwealth Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Commonwealth Avenue Elementary?
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
Is Commonwealth Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Commonwealth Avenue Elementary have?
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Commonwealth Avenue Elementary?
At Commonwealth Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 73% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Commonwealth Avenue Elementary in?
Commonwealth Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.