Fifty-Second Street Elementary

Fifty-Second Street Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, with 606 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.

Fifty-Second Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fifty-Second Street Elementary records that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fifty-Second Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Fifty-Second Street Elementary is one.

ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fifty-Second Street Elementary. On composite proficiency, Fifty-Second Street Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.2%.

Fifty-Second Street Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 840 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.