Elizabeth Learning Center

Elizabeth Learning Center is a heavily attended all-grades campus in Cudahy, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. The school teaches 1,257 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 109% larger than typical.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Elizabeth Learning Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Elizabeth Learning Center shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elizabeth Learning Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 23.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Elizabeth Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jaime Escalante Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elizabeth Learning Center. On composite proficiency, Elizabeth Learning Center comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Elizabeth Learning Center's enrollment has contracted 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,797 (now 1,257). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.