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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012719
Jaime Escalante Elementary
4443 Live Oak St., Cudahy, CA 90201 · (323) 890-2340 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
20.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
431 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 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
1%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
46.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.1pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.7% | 25.4% | 22.0% | 31.9% |
| Math | 22.2% | 23.1% | 25.6% | 29.1% |
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 | 46.1% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 45.7% | 37.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.6% | 33.9% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 32.0% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 25.8% | 20.7% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in California's top 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 Jaime Escalante Elementary
Jaime Escalante Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Escalante Elementary this school | 453 | 95.1% | 47.9% |
| Elm Street Elementary Oxnard | 471 | 94.9% | 12.0% |
| Lowell Elementary Santa Ana | 426 | 95.1% | 13.4% |
| Richgrove Elementary Richgrove | 477 | 95.8% | 17.1% |
| Martin Elementary Santa Ana | 443 | 93.5% | 30.4% |
| Heliotrope Avenue Elementary Maywood | 462 | 95.7% | 43.3% |
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 Jaime Escalante Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,875 of 5,151 | #427 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,898 of 5,172 ▼ 322 | #463 of 1,129 ▼ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #2,354 of 5,172 ▼ 472 | #560 of 1,129 ▼ 144 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,015 of 5,116 | #331 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #3,000 of 5,915 | #615 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,264 of 5,352 | #384 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.3% | #5,336 of 5,354 | #1,208 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #432 of 5,625 | #217 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #1,404 of 3,837 | #491 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
453
-85 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 95% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 21 | 23.4:1 | 92% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 95% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 95% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 24 | 23.7:1 | 94% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 26 | 23.7:1 | 93% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | N/A | N/A | 79% (470) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jaime Escalante Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (568 to 453); teachers down 8% (24 to 22).
About Jaime Escalante Elementary
Families in Cudahy, California, are served by Jaime Escalante Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 453 students.
Los Angeles Unified includes 784 schools. Together they enroll 406,887 students.
Of every 100 students at Jaime Escalante Elementary, about 99 are Hispanic. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 1%.
The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 431 students, or 95%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Jaime Escalante Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Jaime Escalante Elementary is 23.8%. It actually posts 47.9%, which is 24.1 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that 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. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Jaime Escalante Elementary.
Teresa Hughes Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Jaime Escalante Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Jaime Escalante Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Jaime Escalante Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 20.6:1, from 23.4:1.
The discussion board for Jaime Escalante Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Jaime Escalante ElementaryHow large is Jaime Escalante Elementary?
Jaime Escalante Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Jaime Escalante Elementary serve?
Jaime Escalante Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jaime Escalante Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jaime Escalante Elementary is approximately 20.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jaime Escalante Elementary?
At Jaime Escalante Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Jaime Escalante Elementary?
Jaime Escalante 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.