Figueroa Street Elementary

Figueroa Street Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. The school serves 400 students in grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Figueroa Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Figueroa Street Elementary logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Figueroa Street Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Figueroa Street Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 21.1%; this one delivers 38.9%, a residual of +17.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Figueroa Street Elementary is one.

Washington Primary Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Figueroa Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Figueroa Street Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 20.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 21% to 12%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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