Hollywood Elementary

As a very small primary school in Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Elementary works with 175 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 62% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Hollywood Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hollywood Elementary reports that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 9% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hollywood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hollywood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Hollywood Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollywood Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

Hollywood Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hollywood Elementary has rose 32%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 93% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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