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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003048
Graham Elementary
8407 South Fir Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 · (323) 583-1263 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
18.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
510 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 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 213% larger than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
10%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
Graham Elementary→Charles Drew 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
22.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.0% | 15.0% | 27.1% | 50.9% |
| Math | 9.2% | 15.8% | 30.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 22.0% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 26.7% |
| 2021-22 | 21.6% | 17.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 26.3% |
| 2017-18 | 29.7% | 26.1% |
| 2016-17 | 22.4% | 22.5% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Graham Elementary
Graham Elementary's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Elementary this school | 522 | 97.7% | 19.9% |
| Lytle Creek Elementary San Bernardino | 525 | 97.1% | 18.6% |
| Hoover Street Elementary Los Angeles | 551 | 98.0% | 67.7% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
| Dolores Huerta Elementary Lennox | 529 | 96.2% | 32.4% |
| Major Lynn Mokler Paramount | 510 | 96.7% | 25.7% |
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 Graham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #4,586 of 5,151 | #1,078 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #3,775 of 5,172 ▲ 808 | #959 of 1,129 ▲ 118 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,728 of 5,172 ▼ 33 | #1,092 of 1,129 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,061 of 5,116 | #553 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #2,181 of 5,915 | #437 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #417 of 5,352 | #121 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #4,951 of 5,354 | #1,061 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #126 of 5,625 | #72 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #359 of 3,837 | #166 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
522
-146 (-22%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,330
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 98% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 98% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 97% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 30 | 22.3:1 | 96% (641) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 32 | 24.6:1 | 96% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 93% (741) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | N/A | N/A | 47% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 1,221 | 64 | 19.1:1 | 95% (1,162) |
| 1990-91 | 1,330 | 54 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (786 to 522); teachers down 12% (32 to 28).
About Graham Elementary
Graham Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Los Angeles, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 522 students.
Graham Elementary is among 784 schools run by Los Angeles Unified, which serves 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Graham Elementary is 95% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Graham Elementary's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Graham Elementary was 18.6:1. This ratio sits 3.7 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 98%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Graham Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Graham Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 22.3%. Graham Elementary scores 19.9%, 2.4 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Graham Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Graham Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 22% from its 2020-21 level of 668. The ratio was 22.3:1 in 2020-21 and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Other Graham Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Graham Elementary. Graham Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Graham Elementary SchoolGRAHAM, TX · 979 students
- Graham Elementary SchoolSaint Paris, OH · 735 students
- Graham ElementaryGraham, WA · 428 students
- Graham Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 412 students
- GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 162 students
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- Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle0.3 mi · 437
- Animo Pat Brown0.3 mi · 617
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Frequently asked questions
About Graham ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Graham Elementary?
Graham Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Graham Elementary serve?
Graham Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graham Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graham Elementary is approximately 18.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Graham Elementary?
At Graham Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Graham Elementary public or private?
Graham 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.