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Alumni: what's one memory from Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271013726
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary
3600 Council St., Los Angeles, CA 90004 · (213) 368-8775 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- 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
23.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
511 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 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
61%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
59.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.4pp since 2014
Math
61.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.0% | 25.4% | 18.4% | 22.2% |
| Math | 34.4% | 27.1% | 17.5% | 21.0% |
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 | 59.4% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 52.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.8% | 51.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.2% | 51.7% |
| 2018-19 | 65.8% | 63.1% |
| 2017-18 | 57.9% | 55.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.4% | 50.8% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% 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 32 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. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary this school | 551 | 92.7% | 56.9% |
| Norseman Elementary Fresno | 554 | 93.5% | 25.3% |
| Easterby Elementary Fresno | 613 | 90.0% | 41.1% |
| Ericson Elementary Fresno | 722 | 95.4% | 33.7% |
| Leo Carrillo Elementary Westminster | 508 | 90.2% | 37.2% |
| Joe Stefani Merced | 641 | 88.0% | 28.6% |
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. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,277 of 5,151 | #287 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #988 of 5,172 ▲ 386 | #230 of 1,129 ▲ 80 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,377 of 5,172 ▲ 242 | #311 of 1,129 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,476 of 5,116 | #629 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,854 of 5,915 | #367 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,958 of 5,352 | #735 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #1,754 of 5,354 | #261 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #741 of 5,625 | #330 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,026 of 3,837 | #620 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
551
-108 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 551 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 93% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 92% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 95% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 95% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 25 | 25.9:1 | 92% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 24 | 24.1:1 | 89% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (648 to 551); teachers down 4% (25 to 24).
About Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Los Angeles, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 551 students.
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
Hispanic students are 56% of those enrolled at Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.0 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary in the top 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 31.7 points above it (56.9% actual, 25.2% predicted).
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary among them.
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Central City Value, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary ranks 1st of 4 nearby schools, at 56.9% versus a 39.4% average.
The NCES locale for Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 551, compared with 659 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 24.4:1 to 23.0:1.
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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. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary?
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary.
How diverse is Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary?
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary?
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet 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.