Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271010879
Harvard Elementary
330 North Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004 · (323) 953-4540 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
237 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 | 67 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 97% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
25%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
Harvard Elementary→Virgil 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
33.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
36.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 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 down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.3% | 19.3% | 26.1% | 40.3% |
| Math | 14.1% | 22.3% | 27.3% | 36.4% |
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 | 33.6% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 36.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.4% | 28.4% |
| 2021-22 | 24.8% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 32.4% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.2% | 30.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.5% | 25.6% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Harvard Elementary
Harvard Elementary's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Elementary this school | 249 | 95.2% | 37.1% |
| Linton T. Simmons Elementary Garden Grove | 247 | 93.5% | 40.7% |
| Villacorta Elementary La Puente | 261 | 94.6% | 27.3% |
| Orange Center Elementary Fresno | 261 | 98.9% | 32.9% |
| Burton Street Elementary Panorama City | 274 | 98.2% | 25.1% |
| Griffin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 287 | 92.0% | 38.2% |
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 Harvard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,745 of 5,151 | #673 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #2,605 of 5,172 ▼ 140 | #662 of 1,129 ▼ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,600 of 5,172 ▼ 1,104 | #880 of 1,129 ▼ 306 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #307 of 5,116 | #121 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #5,122 of 5,915 | #1,155 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #43 of 5,352 | #12 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #4,177 of 5,354 | #795 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #425 of 5,625 | #215 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.9% | #130 of 3,837 | #65 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
249
-64 (-20%) vs 2020
-52% since 2010-11, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 95% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 96% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 91% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 94% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 91% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 20 | 23.3:1 | 90% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 47% (244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (421 to 249); teachers down 20% (20 to 16).
About Harvard Elementary
Harvard Elementary is a small elementary school based in Los Angeles, California. Enrollment stands at 249 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 46% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Los Angeles Unified includes 784 schools. Together they enroll 406,887 students.
Roughly 86% of students at Harvard Elementary are Hispanic. The remaining students are 9% Asian and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harvard Elementary scores 25%.
For every teacher at Harvard Elementary, there are about 15.6 students; the school has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 237 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 95% of enrollment. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harvard Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 37.1% actual against 23.8% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Harvard Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Alexandria Avenue Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Harvard Elementary ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 37.1% versus a 45.5% average.
NCES assigns Harvard Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 249, compared with 313 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.9:1 to 15.6:1.
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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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5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Harvard Elementary. Harvard Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Harvard Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 657 students
- Harvard ElementaryTacoma, WA · 445 students
- Harvard Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 335 students
- Harvard Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 262 students
- HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARVARD, NE · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Alexandria Avenue Elementary0.3 mi · 502
- Cahuenga Elementary0.5 mi · 355
- Charles H. Kim Elementary0.5 mi · 483
- Frank del Olmo Elementary0.7 mi · 456
- Van Ness Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 189
- Virgil Middle0.8 mi · 975
Frequently asked questions
About Harvard ElementaryHow large is Harvard Elementary?
Harvard Elementary enrolls approximately 249 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Harvard Elementary serve?
Harvard Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harvard Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harvard Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Harvard Elementary?
Harvard Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 86% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Harvard Elementary?
Harvard Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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