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What's the most underrated thing about Harry Bridges Span that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,171
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271013177
Harry Bridges Span
1235 Broad Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 · (310) 522-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,171 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- 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
20.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
1,063 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 | 155 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 139 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (131).
Student demographics
8%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
Harry Bridges Span→Phineas Banning Senior High
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
49.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.9pp since 2014
Math
41.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.6pp 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 42 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.0% | 30.9% | 25.9% | 24.2% |
| Math | 17.9% | 23.7% | 27.6% | 30.9% |
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 | 49.9% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 40.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.9% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 49.3% | 33.0% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 52.6% |
| 2017-18 | 53.3% | 47.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.6% | 42.7% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Harry Bridges Span
Harry Bridges Span's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Bridges Span this school | 1,171 | 90.8% | 44.4% |
| McFadden Institute of Technology Santa Ana | 1,074 | 90.2% | 18.4% |
| KIPP Comienza Community Prep Huntington Park | 1,075 | 88.0% | N/A |
| KIPP Corazon Academy South Gate | 1,070 | 87.4% | N/A |
| Sycamore Magnet Academy Tustin | 1,085 | 87.2% | 18.8% |
| Home Gardens Academy Corona | 961 | 89.9% | 30.1% |
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 Harry Bridges Span ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,120 of 5,151 | #500 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,180 of 5,172 ▼ 16 | #539 of 1,129 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #2,041 of 5,172 ▲ 205 | #464 of 1,129 ▲ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #1,792 of 5,116 | #500 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,171 | #24 of 5,915 | #4 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,122 of 5,352 | #346 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #5,048 of 5,354 | #1,101 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #1,008 of 5,625 | #415 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #3,495 of 3,837 | #891 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
1,171
-42 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 1,171 | 57.5 | 20.4:1 | 91% (1,063) |
| 2023-24 | 1,203 | 56.5 | 21.3:1 | 90% (1,088) |
| 2022-23 | 1,194 | 55.3 | 21.6:1 | 90% (1,077) |
| 2020-21 | 1,213 | 51 | 23.8:1 | 91% (1,098) |
| 2017-18 | 1,212 | 49.8 | 24.4:1 | 93% (1,125) |
| 2015-16 | 1,195 | 49 | 24.4:1 | 91% (1,086) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry Bridges Span.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,212 to 1,171); teachers up 16% (49.8 to 57.5).
About Harry Bridges Span
Harry Bridges Span is an elementary school in Wilmington, California, and it is part of Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment totals 1,171 students across kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 152% bigger than that mark.
Los Angeles Unified serves 406,887 students across 784 schools.
At Harry Bridges Span, 96% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harry Bridges Span scores 8%.
There are 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harry Bridges Span, giving a ratio of 20.4:1. The school's 20.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 21 points lower.
Harry Bridges Span earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools.
Harry Bridges Span ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 44.4%. Predicted: 26.4%. Difference: 18.0 points.
In Los Angeles County, 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. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Harry Bridges Span is about 0.3 miles from Fries Avenue Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Harry Bridges Span is 1st of 7 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Harry Bridges Span is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 3% over 4 years, reaching 1,171 in 2024-25. The ratio was 23.8:1 in 2020-21 and 20.4:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) MagnetMiddle · 1,121 students
- Gulf Avenue ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- George De La Torre Jr. ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Wilmington Park ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Hawaiian Avenue ElementaryElementary · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Fries Avenue Elementary0.3 mi · 325
- Dan M. Issacs Avalon High0.3 mi · 48
- Phineas Banning Senior High0.5 mi · 2,422
- Gulf Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 634
- George De La Torre Jr. Elementary0.8 mi · 598
- Scholarship Prep - South Bay0.9 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Harry Bridges SpanHow large is Harry Bridges Span?
Harry Bridges Span enrolls approximately 1,171 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Harry Bridges Span serve?
Harry Bridges Span serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harry Bridges Span?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harry Bridges Span is approximately 20.4:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Harry Bridges Span?
Harry Bridges Span reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Harry Bridges Span public or private?
Harry Bridges Span 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.