Dolores Huerta Elementary

Dolores Huerta Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Lennox, California, one of the schools within Lennox. The school educates 529 students in grades K through 5.

Dolores Huerta Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Lennox, a district that instructs 3,941 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Dolores Huerta Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dolores Huerta Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 96% of students at Dolores Huerta Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dolores Huerta Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 33.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Dolores Huerta Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Moffett Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dolores Huerta Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dolores Huerta Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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