Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center

Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, works with 616 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center is among them.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of +11.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William Jefferson Clinton Middle, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 616). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.