Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003057
Griffin Avenue Elementary
2025 Griffin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031 · (323) 222-8131 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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
19.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
264 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 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
23%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
41.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.5pp since 2014
Math
40.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.9% | 17.7% | 20.8% | 37.7% |
| Math | 20.8% | 19.2% | 23.9% | 36.1% |
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 | 41.5% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 31.4% | 23.5% |
| 2021-22 | 42.1% | 35.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 29.9% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 30.8% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Griffin Avenue Elementary
Griffin Avenue Elementary's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Avenue Elementary this school | 287 | 92.0% | 38.2% |
| Princeton Street Elementary Delano | 308 | 89.6% | 31.8% |
| San Antonio Elementary San Jose | 326 | 91.7% | 22.1% |
| Linton T. Simmons Elementary Garden Grove | 247 | 93.5% | 40.7% |
| Wilkerson Elementary El Monte | 325 | 90.2% | 43.8% |
| Villacorta Elementary La Puente | 261 | 94.6% | 27.3% |
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 Griffin Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #2,645 of 5,151 | #647 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,289 of 5,172 ▲ 946 | #573 of 1,129 ▲ 237 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,769 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #670 of 1,129 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,577 of 5,116 | #641 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #4,870 of 5,915 | #1,094 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #576 of 5,352 | #175 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #4,267 of 5,354 | #815 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #838 of 5,625 | #363 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #281 of 3,837 | #137 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
287
-89 (-24%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 92% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 92% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 93% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 94% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 19 | 23.3:1 | 91% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 94% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | N/A | N/A | 93% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 97% (650) |
| 1990-91 | 790 | 34 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffin Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (443 to 287); teachers down 21% (19 to 15).
About Griffin Avenue Elementary
Griffin Avenue Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Los Angeles, California. It had 287 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Los Angeles Unified (784 schools, 406,887 students) runs Griffin Avenue Elementary.
Hispanic students are 87% of those enrolled at Griffin Avenue Elementary. The remaining shares are 10% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
Griffin Avenue Elementary lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.1 students per teacher. The school's 19.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 92% of the student body. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Griffin Avenue Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Griffin Avenue Elementary is 25.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%.
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 roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Griffin Avenue Elementary.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Gates Street Elementary, is the closest to Griffin Avenue Elementary. Griffin Avenue Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 4 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 89 students, from 376 to 287.
On allk12, people connected to Griffin Avenue Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Griffin Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Griffin Avenue Elementary?
Griffin Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Griffin Avenue Elementary serve?
Griffin Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Griffin Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Griffin Avenue Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Griffin Avenue Elementary?
Griffin Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Griffin Avenue Elementary in?
Griffin Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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