Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002940
Cowan Avenue Elementary
7615 Cowan Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045 · (310) 645-1973 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
239 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
CA avg 47.1% . +22.8pp since 2014
Math
51.6%
CA avg 35.6% . +25.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
377
+49 (+15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.3:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
19%
was 13%
% Black
61%
was 78%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cowan Avenue Elementary
Cowan Avenue Elementary is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serveing 377 students in grades K through 6.
Cowan Avenue Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Cowan Avenue Elementary reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 18% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cowan Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Cowan Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +11.5 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cowan Avenue 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 Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cowan Avenue Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cowan Avenue Elementary has edged up 15%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 377 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 78% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Cowan Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Cowan Avenue Elementary?
Cowan Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cowan Avenue Elementary serve?
Cowan Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cowan Avenue Elementary have?
Cowan Avenue Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cowan Avenue Elementary?
At Cowan Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Cowan Avenue Elementary public or private?
Cowan Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.