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Harrison Street Elementary

3529 City Terrace Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90063 · (323) 263-9191 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • AThree-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

Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
218 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5424%
Grade 13716%
Grade 23415%
Grade 34218%
Grade 42310%
Grade 53917%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (39).

Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
31%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
21895%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
42%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
11249%
Female
11751%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
24.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
24.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.3pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts10.7%13.6%26.2%49.5%
Math7.8%16.5%26.2%49.5%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2524.3%24.3%
2023-2430.3%18.8%
2022-2318.6%16.4%
2021-2213.9%8.7%
2018-1923.3%20.1%
2017-1825.3%17.4%
2016-1725.3%19.3%
2015-1618.0%18.0%
2014-1519.0%14.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Harrison Street Elementary

Harrison Street Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Harrison Street Elementary this school22995.2%27.8%
El Sereno Elementary
Los Angeles
22294.6%38.0%
King-Chavez Academy of Excellence
San Diego
24294.2%N/A
Quincy Jones Elementary
Los Angeles
24496.3%34.6%
Extera Public
Los Angeles
23697.9%N/A
Eastin Arcola Elementary
Madera
22595.6%22.3%
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 Harrison Street Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
27.8%#3,779 of 5,151#940 of 1,126
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
24.3%#3,848 of 5,172
▲ 453
#978 of 1,129
▲ 53
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
24.3%#4,548 of 5,172
▼ 802
#1,067 of 1,129
▼ 177
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+13.0pp#305 of 5,116#119 of 1,116
Enrollment
ranked largest first
229#5,224 of 5,915#1,182 of 1,300
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.3:1#20 of 5,352#4 of 1,213
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
9.3%#4,974 of 5,354#1,069 of 1,214
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
95.2%#423 of 5,625#214 of 1,276
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-50.9%#24 of 3,837#13 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 2024-25
Enrollment
229
-92 (-29%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252291614.3:195% (218)
2023-242621418.7:195% (250)
2022-232911618.2:197% (281)
2020-213211620.1:196% (308)
2017-184662023.3:194% (437)
2015-164852123.1:195% (462)
2010-11577N/AN/A58% (335)
2000-011,1275919.1:167% (752)
1990-919263725.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Street Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 51% (466 to 229); teachers down 20% (20 to 16).

About Harrison Street Elementary

Harrison Street Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools in Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 229 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 51% smaller than average.

Harrison Street Elementary belongs to Los Angeles Unified, a district of 784 schools and 406,887 students.

Hispanic students are the large majority at Harrison Street Elementary, with 95% of enrollment. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Harrison Street Elementary has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal data list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harrison Street Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 95%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.

Measured against California public elementary schools, Harrison Street Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

A school with Harrison Street Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 23.8%. Harrison Street Elementary scores 27.8%, 4.0 points above that line.

Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.

The closest public school, Evergreen Avenue Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Harrison Street Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harrison Street Elementary ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Federal counts put enrollment at 321 in 2020-21 and 229 in 2024-25, a 29% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.

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Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Harrison Street Elementary
District
Los Angeles Unified
Address
3529 City Terrace Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90063
Phone
(323) 263-9191
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
229
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
14.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
218 (95%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
062271003071
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Harrison Street Elementary. Harrison Street Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Harrison Street Elementary
How many students attend Harrison Street Elementary?
Harrison Street Elementary enrolls approximately 229 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Harrison Street Elementary serve?
Harrison Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Harrison Street Elementary have?
Harrison Street Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Harrison Street Elementary?
Harrison Street Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrison Street Elementary?
Harrison Street Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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