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Which teacher or staff member at Hobart Boulevard Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003086
Hobart Boulevard Elementary
980 South Hobart Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90006 · (213) 386-8661 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C-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
18.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
412 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 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
22%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 18.0% | 24.4% | 47.9% |
| Math | 9.2% | 12.4% | 27.2% | 51.1% |
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 | 27.6% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.2% | 18.2% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% | 25.7% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 26.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 30.2% |
| 2016-17 | 30.9% | 26.6% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Hobart Boulevard Elementary
Hobart Boulevard Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart Boulevard Elementary this school | 420 | 98.1% | 23.9% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Richmond | 408 | 97.8% | 7.6% |
| Betty Plasencia Elementary Los Angeles | 411 | 95.1% | 30.9% |
| Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary Van Nuys | 423 | 96.9% | 26.1% |
| Madison Elementary Pomona | 382 | 97.4% | 31.4% |
| Panorama City Elementary Panorama City | 443 | 99.1% | 49.1% |
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 Hobart Boulevard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,194 of 5,151 | #1,019 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,143 of 5,172 ▲ 19 | #1,020 of 1,129 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #4,210 of 5,172 ▼ 39 | #1,005 of 1,129 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #981 of 5,116 | #155 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #3,425 of 5,915 | #716 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #323 of 5,352 | #93 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #4,338 of 5,354 | #841 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #86 of 5,625 | #51 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #268 of 3,837 | #129 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
420
-104 (-20%) vs 2020
-80% since 1990-91, when it was 2,067
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 98% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 97% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 21.5 | 19.7:1 | 96% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 95% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 94% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 29 | 22.7:1 | 90% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | N/A | N/A | 92% (751) |
| 2000-01 | 2,104 | 104 | 20.2:1 | 90% (1,885) |
| 1990-91 | 2,067 | 84 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hobart Boulevard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (651 to 420); teachers down 23% (30 to 23).
About Hobart Boulevard Elementary
Hobart Boulevard Elementary sits in Los Angeles, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 420 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, has 406,887 students enrolled across 784 schools.
At Hobart Boulevard Elementary, 88% of students are Hispanic. It is also 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hobart Boulevard Elementary scores 22%.
For every teacher at Hobart Boulevard Elementary, there are about 18.3 students; the school has 23 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 412 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 98% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hobart Boulevard Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 24% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hobart Boulevard Elementary would be expected to post about 22.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.9%.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Hobart Boulevard Elementary from the closest public school, Vista Horizon Global Academy. The five-mile area around Hobart Boulevard Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 24.8% on proficiency, and Hobart Boulevard Elementary is below that at 23.9%.
Hobart Boulevard Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 420, compared with 524 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 21.0 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Hobart Boulevard ElementaryHow large is Hobart Boulevard Elementary?
Hobart Boulevard Elementary enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hobart Boulevard Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hobart Boulevard Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hobart Boulevard Elementary have?
Hobart Boulevard Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Hobart Boulevard Elementary?
Student demographics at Hobart Boulevard Elementary are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hobart Boulevard Elementary in?
Hobart Boulevard Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.