Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000017
Hawaiian Elementary
12350 East 226th St., Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716 · (562) 229-7865 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
279 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 71% larger than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.3pp since 2014
Math
30.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 22.6% | 32.1% | 31.6% |
| Math | 8.8% | 21.2% | 31.2% | 38.8% |
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 | 36.3% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.3% | 21.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 16.6% |
| 2020-21 | 58.3% | 25.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.8% | 23.3% |
| 2017-18 | 34.3% | 23.9% |
| 2016-17 | 37.8% | 28.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Elementary
Hawaiian Elementary's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Elementary this school | 298 | 93.6% | 33.5% |
| San Pasqual Valley Elementary Winterhaven | 259 | 95.0% | 15.4% |
| Ambassador School-Global Education Los Angeles | 332 | 94.9% | 21.7% |
| Bertrand Avenue Elementary Reseda | 326 | 90.5% | 25.0% |
| Salida Elementary Salida | 273 | 92.7% | 27.7% |
| Garden Grove Elementary Reseda | 306 | 94.1% | 48.2% |
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 Hawaiian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,109 of 5,151 | #778 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,219 of 5,172 ▼ 76 | #841 of 1,129 ▼ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,297 of 5,172 ▼ 426 | #798 of 1,129 ▼ 120 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #542 of 5,116 | #202 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #4,776 of 5,915 | #1,066 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #410 of 5,352 | #119 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #2,928 of 5,354 | #488 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #625 of 5,625 | #287 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #1,526 of 3,837 | #523 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
298
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 298 | 16 | 18.6:1 | 94% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 94% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 85% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 14 | 21.2:1 | 85% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 14 | 26.3:1 | 96% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 97% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 95% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 98% (756) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 22 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawaiian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (368 to 298); teachers up 14% (14 to 16).
About Hawaiian Elementary
Hawaiian Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Hawaiian Gardens, California. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 298 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
ABC Unified is made up of 30 schools with 17,570 students in all.
At Hawaiian Elementary, 65% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 31% multiracial and 2% Asian. 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, Hawaiian Elementary scores 48%.
There are about 18.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hawaiian Elementary, which has 16. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hawaiian Elementary is about 94%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Hawaiian Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at Hawaiian Elementary are 8.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (33.5% actual, 24.7% predicted).
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Hawaiian Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Hawaiian Elementary is closest to Lexington Junior High, about 0.5 miles away. Hawaiian Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.6% on proficiency, and Hawaiian Elementary is below that at 33.5%.
Hawaiian Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 297 to 298, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 18.6 students per teacher, compared with 21.2 in 2020-21.
People who know Hawaiian Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
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- Furgeson (Venn W.) ElementaryElementary · 297 students
- Fedde (Pharis F.) MiddleMiddle · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Lexington Junior High0.5 mi · 1,188
- Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary0.6 mi · 297
- Margaret Landell Elementary0.7 mi · 662
- A. E. Arnold Elementary0.7 mi · 560
- Los Alamitos High0.8 mi · 2,915
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.9 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Hawaiian ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hawaiian Elementary?
Hawaiian Elementary enrolls approximately 298 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Hawaiian Elementary serve?
Hawaiian Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawaiian Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawaiian Elementary is approximately 18.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hawaiian Elementary?
Hawaiian Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 31% Two or more.
Is Hawaiian Elementary public or private?
Hawaiian Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.