Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary

Located at 1661 South Crescent Heights, in Los Angeles, California, Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school that educates 204 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary sits 56% below that benchmark.

Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that serves 406,887 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 31% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% White.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 91% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 41%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 40% to 31%.

On the community side, members of the Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.