Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002999
Farmdale Elementary
2660 Ruth Swiggett Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032 · (323) 222-6659 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
19.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
283 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 | 74 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 80% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
18%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
Farmdale Elementary→El Sereno Middle
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
44.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.9pp since 2014
Math
44.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +28.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 26.5% | 22.4% | 32.6% |
| Math | 18.1% | 26.2% | 31.5% | 24.2% |
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 | 44.9% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 43.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 31.9% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 28.8% | 17.4% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 17.5% |
| 2016-17 | 19.6% | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Farmdale Elementary
Farmdale Elementary's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmdale Elementary this school | 324 | 87.3% | 45.5% |
| Las Lomas Elementary La Habra | 345 | 86.4% | 31.6% |
| McKevett Elementary Santa Paula | 300 | 87.0% | 40.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary Lindsay | 333 | 86.5% | 31.8% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Strathmore | 311 | 85.9% | 14.8% |
| Montgomery (John J.) Elementary Chula Vista | 338 | 89.1% | 38.8% |
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 Farmdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,031 of 5,151 | #474 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,977 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #486 of 1,129 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #2,459 of 5,172 ▼ 360 | #583 of 1,129 ▼ 106 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #199 of 5,116 | #85 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,536 of 5,915 | #997 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #552 of 5,352 | #167 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,539 of 5,354 | #912 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #1,421 of 5,625 | #539 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #407 of 3,837 | #184 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
324
-45 (-12%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 769
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 324 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 87% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 16 | 19.8:1 | 85% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 15 | 22.1:1 | 89% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | 88% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 89% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 91% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | N/A | N/A | 85% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 93% (678) |
| 1990-91 | 769 | 38 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farmdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (479 to 324); teachers down 35% (26 to 17).
About Farmdale Elementary
Farmdale Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Los Angeles, California, under Los Angeles Unified. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 324 students. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified runs Farmdale Elementary along with 783 other schools, enrolling 406,887 students in total.
About 90% of the student body at Farmdale Elementary is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 4% White and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 19.1 students per teacher and 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Farmdale Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 28.4%. Farmdale Elementary posts 45.5%, 17.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Farmdale Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Nearest public school: El Sereno Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Farmdale Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment at Farmdale Elementary declined 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 369 to 324 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Farmdale 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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Other Farmdale Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Farmdale Elementary. Farmdale Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Farmdale ElementaryMerced, CA · 919 students
- Farmdale Elementary SchoolMount Joy, PA · 489 students
Nearby schools
- El Sereno Middle0.2 mi · 857
- Anahuacalmecac International Univ Prep of N. America0.5 mi · 252
- Woodrow Wilson Senior High0.7 mi · 1,260
- Sierra Park Elementary0.7 mi · 240
- Huntington Drive Elementary0.8 mi · 282
- El Sereno Elementary0.9 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About Farmdale ElementaryHow large is Farmdale Elementary?
Farmdale Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
Is Farmdale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Farmdale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Farmdale Elementary?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Farmdale Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Farmdale Elementary?
Student demographics at Farmdale Elementary are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Farmdale Elementary in?
Farmdale Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.