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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003061
Haddon Avenue Elementary
10115 Haddon Ave., Pacoima, CA 91331 · (818) 899-0244 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
19.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
535 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 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
7%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
Haddon Avenue Elementary→Pacoima 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
30.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.1pp since 2014
Math
26.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 16.1% | 28.8% | 41.1% |
| Math | 7.8% | 18.4% | 34.8% | 38.9% |
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 | 30.1% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.6% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 22.9% |
| 2018-19 | 26.8% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 24.7% | 22.8% |
| 2016-17 | 23.8% | 20.6% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Haddon Avenue Elementary
Haddon Avenue Elementary's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haddon Avenue Elementary this school | 590 | 90.7% | 28.5% |
| Castroville Elementary Castroville | 600 | 90.5% | 24.7% |
| Planada Elementary Planada | 583 | 90.6% | 31.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Colton | 587 | 91.0% | 24.6% |
| James A. Forrest Elementary Wasco | 576 | 89.4% | 29.3% |
| Euclid Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 578 | 89.8% | 37.8% |
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 Haddon Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #3,698 of 5,151 | #923 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,627 of 5,172 ▼ 172 | #930 of 1,129 ▼ 70 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,968 of 5,172 ▼ 325 | #965 of 1,129 ▼ 96 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,245 of 5,116 | #793 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,484 of 5,915 | #288 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #546 of 5,352 | #166 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #5,106 of 5,354 | #1,121 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #1,023 of 5,625 | #422 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #672 of 3,837 | #279 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
590
-129 (-18%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,343
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 91% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 84% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 30 | 21.9:1 | 93% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 33 | 21.8:1 | 91% (654) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 35 | 23.5:1 | 91% (746) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 33 | 23.9:1 | 92% (722) |
| 2010-11 | 878 | N/A | N/A | 94% (821) |
| 2000-01 | 1,303 | 69 | 18.9:1 | 97% (1,259) |
| 1990-91 | 1,343 | 53 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haddon Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (822 to 590); teachers down 11% (35 to 31).
About Haddon Avenue Elementary
Haddon Avenue Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Pacoima, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 590 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Haddon Avenue Elementary reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Haddon Avenue Elementary is 96% Hispanic. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 19.0:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Haddon Avenue Elementary is 91%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Haddon Avenue Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Haddon Avenue Elementary would be expected to post about 26.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.5%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Haddon Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Pacoima Middle, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Haddon Avenue Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Haddon Avenue Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over 4 years, Haddon Avenue Elementary's enrollment declined 18%, to 590. By 2024-25, the school had 19.0 students per teacher, compared with 21.8 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Haddon Avenue Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Haddon Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Haddon Avenue Elementary?
Haddon Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Haddon Avenue Elementary serve?
Haddon Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Haddon Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Haddon Avenue Elementary is approximately 19.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Haddon Avenue Elementary?
At Haddon Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Haddon Avenue Elementary?
Haddon Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.