Florence Avenue Elementary

Florence Avenue Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, with 489 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Florence Avenue Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Florence Avenue Elementary logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Florence Avenue Elementary records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Florence Avenue 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 22.5%; this one delivers 37.7%, a residual of +15.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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 Florence Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Alliance Collins Family College-Ready High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Florence Avenue Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 716 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Florence Avenue Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.