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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003075
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary
540 Hawaiian Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 · (310) 830-1151 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
20.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
439 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 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
12%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
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary→Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet→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
25.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.1pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.6% | 15.5% | 28.3% | 46.6% |
| Math | 7.8% | 16.9% | 26.0% | 49.3% |
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 | 25.1% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 21.6% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 32.2% | 30.5% |
| 2017-18 | 24.7% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 20.3% | 21.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Hawaiian Avenue Elementary
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Avenue Elementary this school | 455 | 96.5% | 24.4% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary San Diego | 456 | 96.7% | 21.7% |
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy Los Angeles | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 459 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary San Bernardino | 471 | 96.2% | 14.0% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
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 Hawaiian Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #4,145 of 5,151 | #1,009 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #3,808 of 5,172 ▼ 20 | #967 of 1,129 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,471 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #1,048 of 1,129 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,806 of 5,116 | #501 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #2,969 of 5,915 | #604 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,314 of 5,352 | #395 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #4,858 of 5,354 | #1,024 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #260 of 5,625 | #139 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #854 of 3,837 | #343 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
455
-98 (-18%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,394
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 455 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 96% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 96% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 97% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | 98% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 94% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 90% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | N/A | N/A | 90% (845) |
| 2000-01 | 1,350 | 68 | 19.9:1 | 98% (1,326) |
| 1990-91 | 1,394 | 53 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawaiian Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (612 to 455); teachers down 21% (28 to 22).
About Hawaiian Avenue Elementary
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Wilmington, California. Enrolled students number 455 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has a total of 784 schools and 406,887 students, Hawaiian Avenue Elementary among them.
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. The school is also 4% Black. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Hawaiian Avenue Elementary comes in at 12%.
Federal data list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hawaiian Avenue Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.7:1. 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 96%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Hawaiian Avenue Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 23.0% at Hawaiian Avenue Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.4%.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: 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%. Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The school nearest to Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is George De La Torre Jr. Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 553 to 455.
The Hawaiian Avenue Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Harry Bridges SpanElementary · 1,171 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
Nearby schools
- George De La Torre Jr. Elementary0.6 mi · 598
- Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy0.7 mi · 452
- Gulf Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 634
- Fries Avenue Elementary1.1 mi · 325
- Harry Bridges Span1.2 mi · 1,171
- Dan M. Issacs Avalon High1.3 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Hawaiian Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Hawaiian Avenue Elementary?
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hawaiian Avenue Elementary serve?
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawaiian Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawaiian Avenue Elementary?
At Hawaiian Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawaiian Avenue Elementary?
Hawaiian Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.