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Best kept secret at Frank del Olmo Elementary?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271011645
Frank del Olmo Elementary
100 North New Hampshire Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004 · (213) 427-7200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
21.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
446 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 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.6pp since 2014
Math
36.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 21.8% | 21.0% | 38.4% |
| Math | 17.7% | 18.9% | 25.3% | 38.1% |
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 | 40.6% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 37.5% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 28.7% |
| 2018-19 | 38.8% | 36.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.2% | 33.5% |
| 2016-17 | 35.0% | 30.6% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Frank del Olmo Elementary
Frank del Olmo Elementary's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank del Olmo Elementary this school | 456 | 97.8% | 35.7% |
| Danbrook Elementary Anaheim | 433 | 95.8% | 42.1% |
| Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary Van Nuys | 423 | 96.9% | 26.1% |
| Canoga Park Elementary Canoga Park | 462 | 96.3% | 19.6% |
| De Anza Elementary Baldwin Park | 421 | 94.3% | 36.2% |
| Van Nuys Elementary Van Nuys | 459 | 96.9% | 32.0% |
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 Frank del Olmo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #2,889 of 5,151 | #721 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,590 of 5,172 ▲ 520 | #655 of 1,129 ▲ 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,868 of 5,172 ▲ 315 | #686 of 1,129 ▲ 78 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,661 of 5,116 | #472 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #2,948 of 5,915 | #602 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,968 of 5,352 | #561 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #4,371 of 5,354 | #853 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #113 of 5,625 | #65 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.1% | #90 of 3,837 | #46 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
456
-156 (-25%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 907
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 456 | 21 | 21.7:1 | 98% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 98% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 98% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 97% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 35 | 22.9:1 | 95% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 32 | 23.7:1 | 91% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 907 | N/A | N/A | 93% (842) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank del Olmo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (801 to 456); teachers down 40% (35 to 21).
About Frank del Olmo Elementary
Among the schools in Los Angeles, California, is Frank del Olmo Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 456 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Frank del Olmo Elementary is one of those schools.
Frank del Olmo Elementary enrolls a student body that is 89% Hispanic. The school is also 7% Asian. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Frank del Olmo Elementary comes in at 21%.
The teaching staff at Frank del Olmo Elementary is 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.7:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Frank del Olmo Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Frank del Olmo Elementary is 13.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (35.7% versus 22.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Frank del Olmo Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The nearest public school is Virgil Middle, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Frank del Olmo Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 4 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Frank del Olmo Elementary's location as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 612 in 2020-21 and 456 in 2024-25, a 25% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.7:1.
Community posts for Frank del Olmo Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Frank del Olmo ElementaryHow many students attend Frank del Olmo Elementary?
Frank del Olmo Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Frank del Olmo Elementary serve?
Frank del Olmo Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank del Olmo Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank del Olmo Elementary is approximately 21.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Frank del Olmo Elementary?
Student demographics at Frank del Olmo Elementary are roughly 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Frank del Olmo Elementary public or private?
Frank del Olmo 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.