Humphreys Avenue Elementary

Located at 500 South Humphreys Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Humphreys Avenue Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school that instructs 364 students (grades K through 5), operated by Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Humphreys Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Humphreys Avenue Elementary shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Humphreys Avenue Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Humphreys Avenue Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 24.2%; Humphreys Avenue Elementary posts 39.4%, +15.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Humphreys Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Arts in Action Community Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Humphreys Avenue Elementary at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Humphreys Avenue Elementary has fell 42%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Humphreys Avenue Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.