Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003069
Harding Street Elementary
13060 Harding St., Sylmar, CA 91342 · (818) 365-9237 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
278 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 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
18%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
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.7pp since 2014
Math
35.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.0% | 23.7% | 15.4% | 34.9% |
| Math | 20.5% | 15.2% | 29.2% | 35.1% |
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 | 49.7% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 57.3% | 38.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.5% | 43.6% |
| 2017-18 | 60.2% | 44.4% |
| 2016-17 | 55.0% | 40.3% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Harding Street Elementary
Harding Street Elementary's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Street Elementary this school | 357 | 77.9% | 44.3% |
| William W. Orr Elementary Norwalk | 353 | 77.3% | 60.6% |
| La Colima Elementary Whittier | 378 | 77.2% | 47.1% |
| West Whittier Elementary Whittier | 346 | 76.0% | 42.0% |
| Alta Elementary Reedley | 364 | 78.0% | 47.2% |
| Studebaker Elementary Norwalk | 394 | 79.2% | 51.3% |
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 Harding Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #2,127 of 5,151 | #503 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #2,683 of 5,172 ▼ 266 | #683 of 1,129 ▼ 101 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #2,057 of 5,172 ▼ 511 | #468 of 1,129 ▼ 133 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #512 of 5,116 | #80 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #4,212 of 5,915 | #913 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #237 of 5,352 | #64 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.4% | #4,503 of 5,354 | #900 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #2,375 of 5,625 | #746 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #1,934 of 3,837 | #601 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
357
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 357 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 78% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 77% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | 66% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 19 | 22.3:1 | 75% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 73% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 71% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 70% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 31 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harding Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (424 to 357); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Harding Street Elementary
Harding Street Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles Unified, located in Sylmar, California. A total of 357 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Los Angeles Unified is the district for Harding Street Elementary. It has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
About 90% of the student body at Harding Street Elementary is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Harding Street Elementary's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 17.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Harding Street Elementary is 78%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 8 points.
Harding Street Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Harding Street Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.3%, compared with a predicted 33.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Harding Street Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Vista del Valle Dual Language Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Harding Street Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Harding Street Elementary at 1st of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Harding Street Elementary as City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 357, a 12% decrease from 407 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.4 to 17.9 over 4 years.
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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 Harding Street ElementaryHow large is Harding Street Elementary?
Harding Street Elementary enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harding Street Elementary serve?
Harding Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harding Street Elementary?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Harding Street Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Harding Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Harding Street Elementary are roughly 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Harding Street Elementary public or private?
Harding Street 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.