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What's one thing Harbor City Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003068
Harbor City Elementary
1508 West 254th St., Harbor City, CA 90710 · (310) 326-5075 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
388 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 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
30%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
Harbor City Elementary→Alexander Fleming 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
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
36.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.2% | 27.6% | 23.3% | 33.8% |
| Math | 18.0% | 18.0% | 32.2% | 31.8% |
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 | 42.9% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 36.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.7% | 34.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 36.3% |
| 2017-18 | 38.3% | 36.5% |
| 2016-17 | 32.4% | 27.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Harbor City Elementary
Harbor City Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor City Elementary this school | 420 | 92.4% | 37.8% |
| Wilson Elementary San Bernardino | 449 | 92.4% | 22.4% |
| Collett Elementary Riverside | 425 | 93.4% | 29.2% |
| Myra Linn Elementary Riverside | 440 | 92.5% | 26.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hanford | 392 | 94.6% | 26.8% |
| Del Norte Elementary Ontario | 428 | 93.0% | 27.0% |
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 Harbor City Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,685 of 5,151 | #659 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,644 of 5,172 ▲ 133 | #672 of 1,129 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,657 of 5,172 ▲ 218 | #645 of 1,129 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,402 of 5,116 | #608 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #3,424 of 5,915 | #715 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #562 of 5,352 | #172 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #3,938 of 5,354 | #735 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #790 of 5,625 | #344 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #526 of 3,837 | #228 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
420
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 92% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 21.5 | 19.9:1 | 93% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 93% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 94% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 27 | 22.3:1 | 92% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 91% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | N/A | N/A | 94% (520) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 88% (699) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 26 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harbor City Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (603 to 420); teachers down 19% (27 to 22).
About Harbor City Elementary
Harbor City Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Harbor City, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 420 students on the rolls.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Harbor City Elementary.
Roughly 83% of students at Harbor City Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 7% multiracial and 5% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Harbor City Elementary lands at B, ahead of 64% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Harbor City Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.8%; the prediction is 25.4%.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Harbor City Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Alexander Fleming Middle, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harbor City Elementary ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 420 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 468. The ratio was 20.4:1 in 2020-21 and 19.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Harbor City Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Quick facts
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Other schools in Harbor City
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Other Harbor City Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harbor City Elementary. Harbor City Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMELBOURNE, FL · 389 students
Nearby schools
- Alexander Fleming Middle0.5 mi · 1,110
- Normont Elementary0.6 mi · 270
- George S. Patton Continuation0.6 mi · 37
- Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles0.7 mi · 296
- Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High0.7 mi · 1,549
- Eshelman Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Harbor City ElementaryHow large is Harbor City Elementary?
Harbor City Elementary enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harbor City Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harbor City Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harbor City Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harbor City Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harbor City Elementary?
At Harbor City Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Harbor City Elementary public or private?
Harbor City 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.