Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center

Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center is an elementary school of minimally staffed scale in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, teacheing 170 students in grade K. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center is among them.

Demographically, Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Youth Opportunities Unlimited, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 170). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.