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What's something Forty-Ninth Street Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003015
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary
750 East 49th St., Los Angeles, CA 90011 · (323) 234-9045 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
20.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
478 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 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
21%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
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary→George Washington Carver 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
29.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.4pp since 2014
Math
33.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +27.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 19.7% | 22.8% | 47.8% |
| Math | 16.6% | 16.6% | 26.8% | 40.0% |
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 | 29.4% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 13.2% | 12.5% |
| 2018-19 | 20.9% | 16.1% |
| 2017-18 | 17.6% | 12.9% |
| 2016-17 | 15.4% | 12.4% |
| 2015-16 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Forty-Ninth Street Elementary
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty-Ninth Street Elementary this school | 491 | 97.4% | 26.1% |
| Estrella Elementary Los Angeles | 453 | 97.8% | 24.0% |
| Tumbleweed Elementary Palmdale | 502 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Bradley Elementary San Bernardino | 530 | 94.9% | 34.3% |
| Menlo Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 531 | 98.9% | 35.4% |
| Williams Elementary Bakersfield | 452 | 98.9% | 12.3% |
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 Forty-Ninth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #3,957 of 5,151 | #976 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #2,899 of 5,172 ▲ 1,425 | #741 of 1,129 ▲ 294 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #4,045 of 5,172 ▲ 610 | #974 of 1,129 ▲ 101 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.4pp | #79 of 5,116 | #38 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #2,543 of 5,915 | #511 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,191 of 5,352 | #365 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #4,379 of 5,354 | #854 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #163 of 5,625 | #97 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.4% | #274 of 3,837 | #133 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
491
-153 (-24%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 1,515
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 97% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 96% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 27 | 21.0:1 | 98% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 98% (631) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 31 | 24.5:1 | 95% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 832 | 33 | 25.2:1 | 94% (785) |
| 2010-11 | 979 | N/A | N/A | 53% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 1,682 | 83 | 20.3:1 | 98% (1,647) |
| 1990-91 | 1,515 | 59 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forty-Ninth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (760 to 491); teachers down 23% (31 to 24).
About Forty-Ninth Street Elementary
This page covers Forty-Ninth Street Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California. Enrolled students number 491 students, in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Forty-Ninth Street Elementary, with 89% of enrollment. Next come 8% Black and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Forty-Ninth Street Elementary comes in at 21%.
At Forty-Ninth Street Elementary, 24 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 27 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Forty-Ninth Street Elementary is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Forty-Ninth Street Elementary's results are 3.6 points above predicted: 26.1% against 22.5%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest public school, George Washington Carver Middle, is about 0.4 miles from Forty-Ninth Street Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Forty-Ninth Street Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Forty-Ninth Street Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 24%, from 644 to 491. The school's ratio fell from 22.2:1 to 20.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Forty-Ninth Street ElementaryHow large is Forty-Ninth Street Elementary?
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Forty-Ninth Street Elementary serve?
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Forty-Ninth Street Elementary have?
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Forty-Ninth Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Forty-Ninth Street Elementary are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Forty-Ninth Street Elementary public or private?
Forty-Ninth Street 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.