Harmony Elementary

Harmony Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, with 409 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Harmony Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Harmony Elementary shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 4% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Harmony Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harmony Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harmony 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 Wadsworth Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Harmony Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harmony Elementary has edged down 33%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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