Heliotrope Avenue Elementary

Heliotrope Avenue Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Maywood, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. The school enrolls 462 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Heliotrope Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Heliotrope Avenue Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at Heliotrope Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Heliotrope Avenue Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 39.2%, a residual of +16.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Heliotrope Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heliotrope Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heliotrope Avenue Elementary has declined 28%, going from 641 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Heliotrope Avenue Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.