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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316010900
Helen Keller Elementary
3521 Palm Ave., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 886-5700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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
23.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
385 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 74% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
41.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.8pp since 2014
Math
32.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.9% | 24.9% | 27.4% | 30.9% |
| Math | 9.8% | 22.7% | 30.1% | 37.4% |
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 | 41.8% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 19.9% |
| 2020-21 | 19.2% | 14.6% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 26.8% | 22.0% |
| 2016-17 | 29.2% | 24.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Helen Keller Elementary
Helen Keller Elementary's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Elementary this school | 407 | 94.6% | 33.4% |
| Gardena Elementary Gardena | 398 | 95.2% | 30.2% |
| Davidson Elementary San Bernardino | 408 | 95.3% | 25.0% |
| Rio Vista Elementary San Bernardino | 412 | 95.6% | 22.3% |
| Howard Tanner Paramount | 428 | 97.0% | 35.0% |
| Allison Elementary Pomona | 427 | 93.9% | 24.9% |
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 Helen Keller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #3,123 of 5,151 | #783 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #2,966 of 5,172 ▲ 1,022 | #769 of 1,129 ▲ 209 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,746 of 5,172 ▲ 276 | #662 of 1,129 ▲ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.7pp | #331 of 5,116 | #128 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,617 of 5,915 | #771 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,708 of 5,352 | #862 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #4,621 of 5,354 | #942 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #496 of 5,625 | #242 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #202 of 3,837 | #101 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
407
-106 (-21%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 407 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 95% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 17 | 25.5:1 | 98% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 17.5 | 26.9:1 | 96% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 97% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 95% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 25 | 27.2:1 | 93% (633) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | N/A | N/A | 89% (603) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Helen Keller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (655 to 407); teachers down 29% (24 to 17).
About Helen Keller Elementary
Students in Lynwood, California, attend Helen Keller Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 407 students, in kindergarten through 6.
Lynwood Unified has 10,851 students in 17 schools, and Helen Keller Elementary is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Helen Keller Elementary is 91% Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Helen Keller Elementary's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.9:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 23.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Helen Keller Elementary is 95%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Helen Keller Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 24.1%. Helen Keller Elementary scores 33.4%.
Helen Keller Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Helen Keller Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Lynwood High is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Helen Keller Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 33.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
Helen Keller Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 21% from 2020-21, when Helen Keller Elementary had 513 students, to 2024-25, when it had 407. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.6 to 23.9 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Helen Keller Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Helen Keller Elementary. Helen Keller Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Helen Keller ElementaryFranklin, MA · 560 students
- Helen Keller Elementary SchoolTinley Park, IL · 426 students
- Helen Keller ElementaryKirkland, WA · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Lynwood High0.3 mi · 1,858
- Soleil Academy Charter0.4 mi · 385
- Lindbergh Elementary0.4 mi · 552
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.4 mi · 343
- Wilson Elementary0.5 mi · 499
- Mark Twain Elementary0.6 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Helen Keller ElementaryHow large is Helen Keller Elementary?
Helen Keller Elementary enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-06.
Is Helen Keller Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Helen Keller Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Helen Keller Elementary have?
Helen Keller Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Helen Keller Elementary?
Student demographics at Helen Keller Elementary are roughly 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Helen Keller Elementary?
Helen Keller Elementary is overseen by Lynwood Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.