Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002986
Emelita Street Elementary
17931 Hatteras St., Encino, CA 91316 · (818) 342-6353 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
195 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
35.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.5% | 20.0% | 22.3% | 36.1% |
| Math | 16.8% | 19.1% | 24.4% | 39.7% |
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 | 41.5% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 41.1% |
| 2018-19 | 52.9% | 37.4% |
| 2017-18 | 44.1% | 33.2% |
| 2016-17 | 42.8% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Emelita Street Elementary
Emelita Street Elementary's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emelita Street Elementary this school | 275 | 70.9% | 40.6% |
| Gibson Elementary Woodland | 344 | 70.9% | 27.0% |
| Morrice Schaefer Charter Santa Rosa | 304 | 71.4% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary Kingsburg | 285 | 69.1% | N/A |
| West Park Elementary Napa | 296 | 70.6% | 25.8% |
| Sunland Elementary Sunland | 282 | 78.7% | 37.1% |
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 Emelita Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,434 of 5,151 | #588 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,664 of 5,172 ▼ 243 | #677 of 1,129 ▼ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,768 of 5,172 ▼ 597 | #669 of 1,129 ▼ 172 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #394 of 5,116 | #58 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #4,958 of 5,915 | #1,119 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #777 of 5,352 | #238 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,422 of 5,354 | #219 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #2,899 of 5,625 | #847 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #354 of 3,837 | #163 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
275
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | 71% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 13.5 | 20.6:1 | 63% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 67% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 14 | 20.0:1 | 60% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 69% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 18 | 22.3:1 | 66% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | N/A | N/A | 57% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 58% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 21 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emelita Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (415 to 275); teachers down 26% (19 to 14).
About Emelita Street Elementary
Encino, California, is home to Emelita Street Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 275 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Los Angeles Unified is the local district for Emelita Street Elementary. It runs 784 schools with 406,887 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Emelita Street Elementary, at 52%. Next come 24% White, 17% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share in Los Angeles County as a whole is similar, at about 48%. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.6 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 19.6:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 71% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Emelita Street Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Emelita Street Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 38.0%. Emelita Street Elementary scores 40.6%, 2.6 points above that line.
Among Los Angeles County residents, the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emelita Street Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Academy for Enriched Sciences is located about 0.5 miles from Emelita Street Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Emelita Street Elementary is behind the 51.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 5.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 280 to 275, a small change.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Emelita Street Elementary. 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 Emelita Street ElementaryHow large is Emelita Street Elementary?
Emelita Street Elementary enrolls approximately 275 students in grades KG-05.
Is Emelita Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emelita Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Emelita Street Elementary?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Emelita Street Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emelita Street Elementary?
At Emelita Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 52% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Emelita Street Elementary?
Emelita Street 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.