Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002950
Dayton Heights Elementary
607 North Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004 · (323) 661-3308 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A+Beats 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
17.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
207 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 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
18%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
Dayton Heights Elementary→Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet
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
51.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
42.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 23.5% | 19.3% | 29.4% |
| Math | 21.7% | 20.8% | 24.2% | 33.3% |
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 | 51.3% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 49.2% |
| 2021-22 | 51.9% | 49.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.3% | 43.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 36.1% |
| 2016-17 | 42.9% | 31.5% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 24 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 Dayton Heights Elementary
Dayton Heights Elementary's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton Heights Elementary this school | 214 | 96.7% | 47.3% |
| Terry Elementary Selma | 224 | 97.3% | 14.0% |
| Lakeside Elementary Hanford | 238 | 96.6% | 22.4% |
| Charles White Elementary Los Angeles | 233 | 98.7% | 40.1% |
| Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 226 | 98.2% | 36.5% |
| Trinity Street Elementary Los Angeles | 185 | 98.4% | 24.7% |
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 Dayton Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,906 of 5,151 | #436 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,108 of 5,172 ▼ 356 | #524 of 1,129 ▼ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,938 of 5,172 ▲ 84 | #442 of 1,129 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #808 of 5,116 | #127 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #5,296 of 5,915 | #1,202 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #232 of 5,352 | #63 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #4,518 of 5,354 | #903 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #233 of 5,625 | #124 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.3% | #19 of 3,837 | #9 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
214
-106 (-33%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 214 | 12 | 17.8:1 | 97% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 13.5 | 17.9:1 | 95% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | 96% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 16 | 20.0:1 | 93% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 94% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 92% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 40% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 1,173 | 57 | 20.6:1 | 93% (1,087) |
| 1990-91 | 948 | 44 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dayton Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 52% (449 to 214); teachers down 40% (20 to 12).
About Dayton Heights Elementary
Dayton Heights Elementary is one of the public schools in Los Angeles, California. It is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 214 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 54% below average.
Los Angeles Unified counts 406,887 students in its 784 schools, and Dayton Heights Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. It is also 6% Asian and 4% Black. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 42 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Dayton Heights Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.8:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Dayton Heights Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Dayton Heights Elementary beats its 22.9% prediction with 47.3%, a top-10% result in California.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Camino Nuevo High #2 is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Dayton Heights Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Dayton Heights Elementary ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 47.3% versus a 41.0% average.
NCES assigns Dayton Heights Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 33%, from 320 to 214. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.0 to 17.8 over 4 years.
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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 Dayton Heights ElementaryHow large is Dayton Heights Elementary?
Dayton Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 214 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dayton Heights Elementary serve?
Dayton Heights Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dayton Heights Elementary?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Dayton Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Dayton Heights Elementary?
Dayton Heights Elementary reports a student body of 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian.
Who oversees Dayton Heights Elementary?
Dayton Heights Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.