Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003018
Fourth Street Elementary
420 South Amalia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90022 · (323) 266-0182 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C+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
18.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
275 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 29% |
Student demographics
1%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.9pp since 2014
Math
25.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 18.3% | 23.2% | 46.9% |
| Math | 7.0% | 18.3% | 28.4% | 46.3% |
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 | 29.9% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 22.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.8% | 21.1% |
| 2021-22 | 33.8% | 20.9% |
| 2018-19 | 41.0% | 24.7% |
| 2017-18 | 42.9% | 23.6% |
| 2016-17 | 37.8% | 24.9% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Fourth Street Elementary
Fourth Street Elementary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth Street Elementary this school | 303 | 90.8% | 28.4% |
| Kinoshita Elementary San Juan Capistrano | 302 | 91.4% | 24.1% |
| Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary Hawaiian Gardens | 297 | 92.6% | 27.6% |
| Marianna Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 281 | 92.2% | 35.3% |
| Barbara Webster Elementary Santa Paula | 325 | 90.5% | 26.0% |
| Thomas A. Edison Elementary Santa Ana | 332 | 92.8% | 25.2% |
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 Fourth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #3,711 of 5,151 | #929 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #3,730 of 5,172 ▲ 205 | #951 of 1,129 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,993 of 5,172 ▼ 863 | #967 of 1,129 ▼ 217 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,244 of 5,116 | #792 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #4,743 of 5,915 | #1,056 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #509 of 5,352 | #156 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.7% | #5,347 of 5,354 | #1,212 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #1,012 of 5,625 | #416 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.4% | #117 of 3,837 | #59 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
303
-55 (-15%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 1,229
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 303 | 16 | 18.9:1 | 91% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 88% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 14.5 | 20.3:1 | 95% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 92% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 22 | 23.5:1 | 91% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 924 | 41 | 22.5:1 | 90% (829) |
| 2010-11 | 976 | N/A | N/A | 93% (906) |
| 2000-01 | 1,101 | 59 | 18.7:1 | 93% (1,025) |
| 1990-91 | 1,229 | 49 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fourth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (517 to 303); teachers down 27% (22 to 16).
About Fourth Street Elementary
Fourth Street Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California. The school runs grades 2 through 5 and enrolls 303 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools with a combined 406,887 students. Fourth Street Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 100% of the school's enrollment. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 1%.
Fourth Street Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Fourth Street Elementary. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Fourth Street Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fourth Street Elementary is 2.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.4% actual, 26.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Fourth Street Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Fourth Street Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 55 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 22.4 to 18.9 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Fourth Street Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Fourth Street ElementaryHow large is Fourth Street Elementary?
Fourth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 02-05.
Is Fourth Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fourth Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fourth Street Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fourth Street Elementary is approximately 18.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fourth Street Elementary?
Fourth Street Elementary reports a student body of 100% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Fourth Street Elementary?
Fourth Street Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.