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Which teacher or staff member at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,052
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271008510
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
5027 Live Oak St., Cudahy, CA 90201 · (323) 869-1300 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,052 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
18.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
1,016 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 | 133 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (180).
Student demographics
2%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
28.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.4% | 24.2% | 24.1% | 38.4% |
| Math | 11.9% | 16.9% | 24.6% | 46.6% |
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 | 37.6% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 20.4% |
| 2022-23 | 29.5% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 25.6% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 34.5% | 19.3% |
| 2017-18 | 28.7% | 16.5% |
| 2016-17 | 28.4% | 16.2% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Ochoa Learning Center this school | 1,052 | 96.6% | 29.8% |
| Bruce (Robert) Elementary Santa Maria | 1,050 | 96.1% | 15.0% |
| Alvin Elementary Santa Maria | 998 | 97.6% | 17.6% |
| McCabe Elementary Mendota | 986 | 97.7% | 24.8% |
| Saul Martinez Elementary Mecca | 961 | 95.7% | 25.1% |
| Adam (William Laird) Elementary Santa Maria | 874 | 96.8% | 18.2% |
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 Ellen Ochoa Learning Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,532 of 5,151 | #890 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #3,339 of 5,172 ▲ 784 | #868 of 1,129 ▲ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #3,171 of 5,172 ▲ 473 | #765 of 1,129 ▲ 105 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.4pp | #273 of 5,116 | #112 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,052 | #52 of 5,915 | #8 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #376 of 5,352 | #108 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.1% | #5,322 of 5,354 | #1,203 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #247 of 5,625 | #132 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #1,495 of 3,837 | #513 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
1,052
-199 (-16%) vs 2020
+363% since 2000-01, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 1,052 | 57 | 18.5:1 | 97% (1,016) |
| 2023-24 | 1,142 | 57.1 | 20.0:1 | 96% (1,098) |
| 2022-23 | 1,134 | 57.1 | 19.9:1 | 96% (1,091) |
| 2020-21 | 1,251 | 57 | 21.9:1 | 95% (1,191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,303 | 56 | 23.3:1 | 93% (1,210) |
| 2015-16 | 1,425 | 58 | 24.6:1 | 88% (1,258) |
| 2010-11 | 1,638 | N/A | N/A | 89% (1,450) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 12 | 18.9:1 | 96% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellen Ochoa Learning Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,303 to 1,052); teachers up 2% (56 to 57).
About Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Cudahy, California. Federal data show 1,052 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 126% bigger than that mark.
In Los Angeles Unified, 784 schools enroll a combined 406,887 students.
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, Ellen Ochoa Learning Center has a ratio of 18.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.9% at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Ellen Ochoa Learning Center.
Of the public schools around it, Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is closest to Elizabeth Learning Center, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 21.9:1 to 18.5:1.
The Ellen Ochoa Learning Center discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Ellen Ochoa Learning CenterHow many students attend Ellen Ochoa Learning Center?
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center enrolls approximately 1,052 students in grades KG-08.
Is Ellen Ochoa Learning Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Ellen Ochoa Learning Center have?
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center?
Student demographics at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in?
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.