Haddon Avenue Elementary

Haddon Avenue Elementary operates as a moderately sized primary school in Pacoima, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 590 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Haddon Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Haddon Avenue Elementary shows that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Haddon Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.5%; this one delivers 29.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Haddon Avenue 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 Pacoima Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haddon Avenue Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.0%.

Haddon Avenue Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 822 students in 2018 compared to 590 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.