Gardner Street Elementary

Located at 7450 Hawthorn Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Gardner Street Elementary is an intimate K-5 school that hosts 361 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Gardner Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gardner Street Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Gardner Street Elementary reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gardner Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Gardner Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Hollywood Senior High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gardner Street Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Gardner Street Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 361). The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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