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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
CA avg 47.1% . +12.9pp since 2014
Math
52.4%
CA avg 35.6% . +13.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% 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 29 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
551
-97 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 25.9:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
56%
was 56%
% Black
5%
was 4%
% Asian
26%
was 36%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, with 551 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.
On demographics, Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% White.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 24.2%; actual is 53.2%, +28.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Central City Value, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.
Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary has decreased 15%, going from 648 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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.