Enrollment
125
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003090
Holmes Avenue Elementary
5108 Holmes Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90058 · (323) 582-7238 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
15.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
125 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 25 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
48%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Holmes Avenue Elementary→Thomas A. Edison Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.8pp since 2014
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 17.5% | 33.3% | 42.9% |
| Math | 3.2% | 11.1% | 31.8% | 54.0% |
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 | 23.8% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 7.6% |
| 2022-23 | 7.9% | 4.5% |
| 2021-22 | 10.3% | 5.6% |
| 2018-19 | 13.1% | 16.2% |
| 2017-18 | 13.9% | 13.1% |
| 2016-17 | 11.4% | 19.9% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
14.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Holmes Avenue Elementary
Holmes Avenue Elementary's state test result (14.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Avenue Elementary this school | 125 | 100.0% | 14.4% |
| Brookfield Elementary Oakland | 133 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| Virginia Road Elementary Los Angeles | 217 | 95.4% | 47.3% |
| Aspire College Academy Oakland | 206 | 96.1% | N/A |
| Washington Primary Center Los Angeles | 138 | 96.4% | N/A |
| Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 202 | 93.1% | 29.1% |
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 Holmes Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,970 of 5,151 | #1,120 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #4,809 of 5,172 ▲ 283 | #1,106 of 1,129 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #4,588 of 5,172 ▲ 503 | #1,074 of 1,129 ▲ 53 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.1pp | #478 of 5,116 | #183 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 125 | #5,579 of 5,915 | #1,268 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #3 of 5,625 | #3 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.5% | #49 of 3,837 | #28 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
125
-43 (-26%) vs 2020
-83% since 1990-91, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
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 | 125 | 8 | 15.6:1 | 100% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 7 | 20.7:1 | 99% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 7 | 22.4:1 | 99% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 168 | 8 | 21.0:1 | 98% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 12 | 19.8:1 | 96% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 94% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | N/A | N/A | 64% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 95% (469) |
| 1990-91 | 722 | 33 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (238 to 125); teachers down 33% (12 to 8).
About Holmes Avenue Elementary
Holmes Avenue Elementary serves students in Los Angeles, California, as a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 125 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 73% smaller than that.
Los Angeles Unified includes 784 schools. Together they enroll 406,887 students.
At Holmes Avenue Elementary, Hispanic students make up 66% of the student body. The school is also 27% Black and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Holmes Avenue Elementary employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. This ratio sits 6.7 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 30 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Holmes Avenue Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Holmes Avenue Elementary are 6.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (14.4% actual, 20.9% predicted).
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Lillian Street Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Holmes Avenue Elementary is behind the 36.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
The federal government classifies Holmes Avenue Elementary's location as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 43 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 21.0:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Holmes Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Holmes Avenue Elementary?
Holmes Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 125 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Holmes Avenue Elementary serve?
Holmes Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holmes Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holmes Avenue Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holmes Avenue Elementary?
At Holmes Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Holmes Avenue Elementary?
Holmes Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.