Fletcher Drive Elementary

Fletcher Drive Elementary, a minimally staffed elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, serves 156 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Fletcher Drive Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Fletcher Drive Elementary records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Fletcher Drive Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.4%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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 Fletcher Drive Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Irving Mid Sch Math Music and Engr Magnet, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 48%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 156 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 1% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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