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What do students at Fairburn Avenue Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002997
Fairburn Avenue Elementary
1403 Fairburn Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024 · (310) 470-1344 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
24.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
115 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 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 87% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
72%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
Students here typically continue to
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
74.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
78.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 53.3% | 21.1% | 14.4% | 11.1% |
| Math | 57.2% | 21.4% | 13.4% | 8.0% |
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 | 74.4% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 78.8% |
| 2022-23 | 81.6% | 79.7% |
| 2021-22 | 88.8% | 85.3% |
| 2018-19 | 90.2% | 86.3% |
| 2017-18 | 86.1% | 86.6% |
| 2016-17 | 83.1% | 78.7% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Fairburn Avenue Elementary
Fairburn Avenue Elementary's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairburn Avenue Elementary this school | 466 | 24.7% | 77.7% |
| Edison Elementary Alameda | 474 | 21.9% | 74.9% |
| Gold Ridge Elementary Folsom | 496 | 26.8% | 59.3% |
| Frank Otis Elementary Alameda | 569 | 22.3% | 76.0% |
| Washington Elementary Burlingame | 410 | 27.1% | 70.6% |
| North Davis Elementary Davis | 552 | 27.2% | 69.7% |
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 Fairburn Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #321 of 5,151 | #68 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #287 of 5,172 ▼ 11 | #62 of 1,129 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #517 of 5,172 ▼ 232 | #115 of 1,129 ▼ 44 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.6pp | #105 of 5,116 | #13 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,839 of 5,915 | #573 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,118 of 5,352 | #937 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #391 of 5,354 | #68 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #4,983 of 5,625 | #1,179 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #1,034 of 1,139 | #159 of 181 |
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
466
+30 (+7%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 466 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 25% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 19 | 25.3:1 | 21% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 18.5 | 24.9:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | N/A | N/A | 5% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 19 | 20.6:1 | 7% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 14 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairburn Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (460 to 466); teachers up 3% (18.5 to 19).
About Fairburn Avenue Elementary
Fairburn Avenue Elementary is an elementary school in Los Angeles, California, according to federal school records. It educates 466 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
White students are the largest group at Fairburn Avenue Elementary, with 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% Asian, 22% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Fairburn Avenue Elementary comes in at 72%.
Staffing totals 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.5:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Fairburn Avenue Elementary is 25%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Fairburn Avenue Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fairburn Avenue Elementary would score about 65.1%. It scores 77.7%, 12.7 points above that figure.
Los Angeles County census figures show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairburn Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Emerson Community Charter is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Fairburn Avenue Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Fairburn Avenue Elementary had 436 students in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25, a 7% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.9:1 to 24.5:1.
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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 Fairburn Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairburn Avenue Elementary?
Fairburn Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
Is Fairburn Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairburn Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairburn Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairburn Avenue Elementary is approximately 24.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairburn Avenue Elementary?
At Fairburn Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairburn Avenue Elementary?
Fairburn Avenue 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.