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What's the most underrated thing about Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271013082
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy
1321 East 61st St., Los Angeles, CA 90001 · (323) 277-2310 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- B-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
21.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
444 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 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
9%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.1pp since 2014
Math
36.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 20.9% | 23.4% | 38.5% |
| Math | 15.3% | 21.1% | 26.9% | 36.8% |
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 | 38.1% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 37.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 33.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.8% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 27.3% | 30.2% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 30.4% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% 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 16 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 Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy this school | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 459 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary San Diego | 456 | 96.7% | 21.7% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
| Hawaiian Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 455 | 96.5% | 24.4% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary San Bernardino | 471 | 96.2% | 14.0% |
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 Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #2,653 of 5,151 | #649 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #2,606 of 5,172 ▼ 198 | #663 of 1,129 ▼ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #3,125 of 5,172 ▼ 564 | #752 of 1,129 ▼ 153 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,475 of 5,116 | #628 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,988 of 5,915 | #610 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,904 of 5,352 | #548 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #4,973 of 5,354 | #1,068 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #114 of 5,625 | #66 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #301 of 3,837 | #143 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
454
-103 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 98% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 97% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 98% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 97% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 97% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 96% (713) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (696 to 454); teachers down 28% (29 to 21).
About Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, (ZIP code 90001). The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 454 students in 2024-25.
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy is one of 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students in total.
At Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy, 95% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy scores 9%.
Staffing at Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy comes to 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.6:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 38.1%. Predicted: 22.2%. Difference: 15.9 points.
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex sits about 0.3 miles from Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 28.1% proficiency; Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy posts 38.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 557 to 454.
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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 Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy?
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy serve?
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy.
How diverse is Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy?
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy public or private?
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.