Fourth Street Elementary

Fourth Street Elementary is a cozy elementary school in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. The school teaches 303 students in grades 2 through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Fourth Street Elementary sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Fourth Street Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Fourth Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fourth Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 29.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Fourth Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Fourth Street Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Fourth Street Elementary's enrollment has shrank 41% since 2018, when it stood at 517 (now 303). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.