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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012627
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary
8919 South Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 565-2960 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- 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
20.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
652 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 | 140 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 278% larger than its 6th grade class (37).
Student demographics
30%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
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary→Mary McLeod Bethune Middle
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
37.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.2pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.6% | 21.6% | 21.6% | 41.3% |
| Math | 14.0% | 18.9% | 26.2% | 40.9% |
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 | 37.2% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 30.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 33.1% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 22.0% |
| 2018-19 | 26.2% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 22.4% |
| 2016-17 | 23.1% | 21.0% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary this school | 669 | 97.5% | 33.2% |
| Loren Miller Elementary Los Angeles | 601 | 99.0% | 27.0% |
| Budlong Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 624 | 96.6% | 22.4% |
| Ninety-Third Street Elementary Los Angeles | 772 | 97.5% | 27.6% |
| McKinley Elementary Bakersfield | 628 | 97.6% | 13.3% |
| Fifty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 606 | 98.5% | 21.4% |
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 Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #3,145 of 5,151 | #792 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #2,918 of 5,172 ▲ 142 | #751 of 1,129 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #3,206 of 5,172 ▲ 107 | #773 of 1,129 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.7pp | #797 of 5,116 | #284 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #904 of 5,915 | #158 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,067 of 5,352 | #325 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #3,967 of 5,354 | #743 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #146 of 5,625 | #84 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #2,177 of 3,837 | #646 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
669
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
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 | 669 | 33 | 20.3:1 | 97% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 97% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 29.5 | 22.7:1 | 98% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 97% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 97% (754) |
| 2015-16 | 875 | 37 | 23.6:1 | 94% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | N/A | N/A | 88% (691) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (776 to 669); teachers down 3% (34 to 33).
About Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles Unified, located in Los Angeles, California. Its 669 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 44% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary is one school in Los Angeles Unified, a system of 784 schools with 406,887 students.
At Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. The remaining students are 14% Black and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. By the diversity index, Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary comes in at 30%.
Its teaching staff equals 33 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 97%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 22.4%. Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary scores 33.2%, 10.7 points above that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Watts Learning Center Charter Middle is located about 0.3 miles from Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 25.3% proficiency; Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary posts 33.2%.
In the federal locale system, Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (677) to 2024-25 (669).
The Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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. Owen Lloyd Knox ElementaryHow large is Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary?
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary enrolls approximately 669 students in grades KG-06.
Is Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary.
How diverse is Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary?
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 83% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary?
Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox 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.