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
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- C+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 423% larger than its 6th grade class (13).
Student demographics
56%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
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.8pp since 2014
Math
57.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +31.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.3% | 26.6% | 21.4% | 20.8% |
| Math | 27.8% | 29.3% | 20.9% | 22.0% |
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 | 57.8% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 44.2% |
| 2021-22 | 62.4% | 52.4% |
| 2018-19 | 70.3% | 64.8% |
| 2017-18 | 75.0% | 66.9% |
| 2016-17 | 62.3% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 Cowan Avenue Elementary
Cowan Avenue Elementary's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Avenue Elementary this school | 377 | 63.4% | 56.9% |
| Leapwood Avenue Elementary Carson | 222 | 72.1% | 34.0% |
| Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy San Francisco | 200 | 73.5% | 13.3% |
| Cimarron Avenue Elementary Hawthorne | 261 | 85.8% | 33.4% |
| St. HOPE Public School 7 Sacramento | 471 | 87.3% | N/A |
| KIPP Compton Community Compton | 783 | 76.1% | N/A |
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 Cowan Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,280 of 5,151 | #288 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,193 of 5,172 ▲ 228 | #277 of 1,129 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,479 of 5,172 ▲ 86 | #334 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,332 of 5,116 | #814 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #3,969 of 5,915 | #855 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #256 of 5,352 | #73 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #2,198 of 5,354 | #338 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #3,312 of 5,625 | #911 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #361 of 1,139 | #59 of 181 |
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
377
-39 (-9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 63% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 60% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | 64% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 66% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 17 | 19.3:1 | 64% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | 59% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | N/A | N/A | 30% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 24% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cowan Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (328 to 377); teachers up 24% (17 to 21).
About Cowan Avenue Elementary
Cowan Avenue Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California. It enrolled 377 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools; together they serve 406,887 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cowan Avenue Elementary is 61% Black. The school is also 19% Hispanic and 18% multiracial. That is higher than the 8% Black share among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Cowan Avenue Elementary comes in at 56%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1 at Cowan Avenue Elementary, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 63% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Cowan Avenue Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 42.4%. Cowan Avenue Elementary posts 56.9%, 14.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Cowan Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cowan Avenue Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Cowan Avenue Elementary as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 377, 9% below the 416 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 20.8 in 2020-21.
The Cowan Avenue Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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.