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What's the one class at Franklin Avenue Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003022
Franklin Avenue Elementary
1910 North Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 · (323) 663-0320 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools
- A+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.
- 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
24.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
99 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
69%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
Franklin Avenue Elementary→Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet
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
85.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.1pp since 2014
Math
78.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.1% | 25.0% | 9.6% | 5.3% |
| Math | 53.2% | 25.0% | 15.4% | 6.4% |
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 | 85.1% | 78.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.2% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 69.2% |
| 2021-22 | 70.7% | 63.8% |
| 2018-19 | 76.7% | 71.2% |
| 2017-18 | 79.1% | 66.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.4% | 61.7% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Franklin Avenue Elementary
Franklin Avenue Elementary's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Avenue Elementary this school | 387 | 25.6% | 79.4% |
| Dahlia Heights Elementary Los Angeles | 410 | 23.7% | 75.2% |
| Philip J. Reilly Elementary Mission Viejo | 421 | 27.3% | 81.0% |
| Sycamore Elementary Claremont | 350 | 22.0% | 77.6% |
| Foskett Ranch Elementary Lincoln | 415 | 23.9% | 48.2% |
| Breen Elementary Rocklin | 424 | 22.6% | 63.2% |
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 Franklin Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #250 of 5,151 | #56 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #301 of 5,172 ▲ 149 | #67 of 1,129 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #105 of 5,172 ▲ 137 | #26 of 1,129 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.4pp | #206 of 5,116 | #88 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #3,841 of 5,915 | #825 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,890 of 5,352 | #893 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #763 of 5,354 | #125 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #4,949 of 5,625 | #1,169 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #1,145 of 3,837 | #420 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
387
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 387 | 16 | 24.2:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 14.5 | 27.7:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 35% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 32% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | N/A | N/A | 38% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 44% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 17 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (499 to 387); teachers down 20% (20 to 16).
About Franklin Avenue Elementary
Franklin Avenue Elementary is an elementary school in Los Angeles, California, reachable at (323) 663-0320. Enrollment stands at 387 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified counts 784 schools and 406,887 students, including Franklin Avenue Elementary.
About 43% of students at Franklin Avenue Elementary are White, the largest single group. It is also 29% multiracial, 19% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 31% White, 12 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Avenue Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Franklin Avenue Elementary, there are about 24.2 students; the school has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 99 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 26% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Franklin Avenue Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools.
Franklin Avenue Elementary is 14.9 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Franklin Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
John Marshall Senior High is about 0.5 miles from Franklin Avenue Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Franklin Avenue Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Franklin Avenue Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 63 students, from 450 to 387.
The Franklin Avenue Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Quick facts
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- John Marshall Senior High0.5 mi · 1,842
- Los Feliz Science/Tech/Engineer/Math/Medicine Magnet0.5 mi · 428
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- Lexington Avenue Primary Center0.9 mi · 113
- Ivanhoe Elementary1.0 mi · 426
- Lockwood Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Avenue Elementary?
Franklin Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
Is Franklin Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Franklin Avenue Elementary have?
Franklin Avenue Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Avenue Elementary?
At Franklin Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 29% Two or more.
Is Franklin Avenue Elementary public or private?
Franklin Avenue 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.