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What advice would you give to incoming students at Fishburn Avenue Elementary?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271007755
Fishburn Avenue Elementary
5701 Fishburn Ave., Maywood, CA 90270 · (323) 560-0878 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
406 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 | 114 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
6%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
Fishburn Avenue Elementary→Chester W. Nimitz 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
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
31.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 22.2% | 28.6% | 39.5% |
| Math | 11.6% | 19.6% | 28.0% | 40.7% |
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 | 31.9% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 34.2% | 29.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 29.2% |
| 2017-18 | 32.2% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.2% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Fishburn Avenue Elementary
Fishburn Avenue Elementary's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishburn Avenue Elementary this school | 430 | 94.4% | 30.4% |
| Rose Avenue Elementary Oxnard | 424 | 94.3% | 25.2% |
| San Fernando Elementary San Fernando | 421 | 94.3% | 31.7% |
| Willow Elementary South Gate | 420 | 93.3% | 45.0% |
| Wallace R. Davis Elementary Santa Ana | 413 | 93.7% | 30.4% |
| Independence Elementary South Gate | 418 | 94.7% | 36.8% |
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 Fishburn Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,458 of 5,151 | #865 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,102 of 5,172 ▲ 119 | #813 of 1,129 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,785 of 5,172 ▲ 139 | #927 of 1,129 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.8pp | #641 of 5,116 | #238 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,286 of 5,915 | #681 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,830 of 5,352 | #530 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #5,134 of 5,354 | #1,133 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #517 of 5,625 | #249 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #1,819 of 3,837 | #580 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
430
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 430 | 20 | 21.5:1 | 94% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 94% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 96% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 95% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 92% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 24 | 22.4:1 | 90% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | N/A | N/A | 95% (623) |
| 2000-01 | 1,283 | 62 | 20.7:1 | 86% (1,097) |
| 1990-91 | 1,228 | 49 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fishburn Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (516 to 430); teachers down 20% (25 to 20).
About Fishburn Avenue Elementary
Fishburn Avenue Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Maywood, California. It has an enrollment of 430 students in kindergarten through 5.
Fishburn Avenue Elementary sits within Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Roughly 97% of students at Fishburn Avenue Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 2% multiracial. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Fishburn Avenue Elementary is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Fishburn Avenue Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 0.8 students per teacher. At Fishburn Avenue Elementary, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Fishburn Avenue Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fishburn Avenue Elementary's results are 6.2 points above predicted: 30.4% against 24.2%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Fishburn Avenue Elementary's nearest public school is KIPP Pueblo Unido (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Fishburn Avenue Elementary places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 439 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 430.
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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
Quick facts
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- KIPP Pueblo Unido0.4 mi · 289
- Huntington Park Elementary0.4 mi · 261
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- Maywood Elementary0.4 mi · 426
- Chester W. Nimitz Middle0.5 mi · 1,057
- Maywood Academy High0.5 mi · 1,012
Frequently asked questions
About Fishburn Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Fishburn Avenue Elementary?
Fishburn Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fishburn Avenue Elementary serve?
Fishburn Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fishburn Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fishburn Avenue Elementary is approximately 21.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fishburn Avenue Elementary?
Fishburn Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Fishburn Avenue Elementary public or private?
Fishburn Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.