El Sereno Elementary

El Sereno Elementary is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, with 222 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 52% below typical.

El Sereno Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, El Sereno Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder is composed of 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, El Sereno Elementary records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at El Sereno Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, El Sereno Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 38.3%, a residual of +15.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that 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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which El Sereno Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Sereno Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. El Sereno Elementary's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 222). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the El Sereno Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.