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Does Delevan Drive Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002954
Delevan Drive Elementary
4168 West Avenue 42, Los Angeles, CA 90065 · (323) 255-0571 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
21.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
189 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 71% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
72%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
Delevan Drive Elementary→Eagle Rock High
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
73.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.5pp since 2014
Math
66.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.2% | 27.3% | 10.0% | 16.5% |
| Math | 41.8% | 24.9% | 18.9% | 14.5% |
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 | 73.5% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 68.1% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 67.1% |
| 2021-22 | 62.6% | 56.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.1% | 72.3% |
| 2017-18 | 72.1% | 72.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 69.7% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
Schools most like Delevan Drive Elementary
Delevan Drive Elementary's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delevan Drive Elementary this school | 483 | 39.1% | 69.1% |
| Los Paseos Elementary San Jose | 403 | 40.4% | 41.2% |
| Fern Elementary Torrance | 473 | 34.7% | 58.9% |
| Hermosa Elementary Alta Loma | 442 | 40.0% | 56.6% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Placentia | 454 | 33.7% | 73.0% |
| Red Hawk Elementary Temecula | 496 | 44.2% | 65.4% |
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 Delevan Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #696 of 5,151 | #155 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #746 of 5,172 ▼ 53 | #165 of 1,129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #567 of 5,172 ▲ 106 | #127 of 1,129 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #549 of 5,116 | #204 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #2,651 of 5,915 | #531 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,503 of 5,352 | #453 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #436 of 5,354 | #75 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #4,374 of 5,625 | #1,074 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #721 of 1,139 | #118 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
483
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 483 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 39% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 43% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 22 | 21.3:1 | 38% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 53% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 22 | 20.8:1 | 60% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 21 | 23.2:1 | 62% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | N/A | N/A | 56% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 27 | 20.5:1 | 65% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delevan Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (457 to 483); teachers up 5% (22 to 23).
About Delevan Drive Elementary
At 4168 West Avenue 42 in Los Angeles, California, Delevan Drive Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 483 students.
The 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified enroll 406,887 students altogether, Delevan Drive Elementary among them.
The most common group at Delevan Drive Elementary is Hispanic students, at 42%. Other groups include 20% White, 19% Asian, and 17% multiracial. Delevan Drive Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at Delevan Drive Elementary and a ratio of 21.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 39% of enrollment. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Delevan Drive Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Delevan Drive Elementary is 12.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (69.1% versus 56.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Delevan Drive Elementary is Toland Way Elementary, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Delevan Drive Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment at Delevan Drive Elementary was 488 in 2020-21 and 483 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Delevan Drive Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Delevan Drive ElementaryHow large is Delevan Drive Elementary?
Delevan Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 483 students in grades KG-06.
Is Delevan Drive Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delevan Drive Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delevan Drive Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delevan Drive Elementary is approximately 21.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Delevan Drive Elementary?
Delevan Drive Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Delevan Drive Elementary?
Delevan Drive 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.