Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003040
Gault Street Elementary
17000 Gault St., Lake Balboa, CA 91406 · (818) 343-1933 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
262 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
34%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
Gault Street Elementary→William Mulholland Middle
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
39.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.0pp since 2014
Math
32.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +28.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.4% | 24.7% | 20.6% | 40.4% |
| Math | 14.4% | 18.3% | 22.9% | 44.4% |
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 | 39.0% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 39.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 43.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 27.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.2% | 22.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.0% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 24.8% | 18.7% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Gault Street Elementary
Gault Street Elementary's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gault Street Elementary this school | 298 | 87.9% | 38.1% |
| Washington Elementary Visalia | 294 | 89.5% | 19.1% |
| Newcastle Elementary Reseda | 299 | 90.6% | 44.5% |
| Anatola Avenue Elementary Lake Balboa | 269 | 87.4% | 31.0% |
| Park View Elementary Simi Valley | 319 | 85.9% | 24.1% |
| McDowell Elementary Petaluma | 329 | 86.0% | 18.0% |
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 Gault Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #2,658 of 5,151 | #653 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #2,950 of 5,172 ▼ 707 | #763 of 1,129 ▼ 229 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,028 of 5,172 ▼ 359 | #729 of 1,129 ▼ 105 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #1,942 of 5,116 | #524 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #4,779 of 5,915 | #1,067 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #866 of 5,352 | #269 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #3,725 of 5,354 | #676 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #1,341 of 5,625 | #517 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,308 of 3,837 | #664 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
298
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 88% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | 86% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 91% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 14 | 21.2:1 | 91% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | 90% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 18 | 22.7:1 | 87% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | N/A | N/A | 82% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 88% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 17 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gault Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (342 to 298); teachers down 17% (18 to 15).
About Gault Street Elementary
This page covers Gault Street Elementary, a small elementary school in Lake Balboa, California. There are 298 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Los Angeles Unified is the district for Gault Street Elementary. It has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
By race and ethnicity, Gault Street Elementary is 80% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 10% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 32 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
The school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.9 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Of all students at Gault Street Elementary, 88% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Gault Street Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gault Street Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 38.1% actual against 28.0% predicted.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Gault Street Elementary.
William Mulholland Middle is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Gault Street Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Gault Street Elementary's average proficiency of 38.1% compares with 35.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Gault Street Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal data show 297 students in 2020-21 and 298 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.2:1 in 2020-21 to 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Gault 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 Gault Street ElementaryHow many students attend Gault Street Elementary?
Gault Street Elementary enrolls approximately 298 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gault Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gault Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Gault Street Elementary have?
Gault Street Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gault Street Elementary?
At Gault Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Gault Street Elementary public or private?
Gault Street 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.