Jaime Escalante Elementary

Set in Cudahy, California, Jaime Escalante Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community, part of Los Angeles Unified. It enrolls 453 students across grades K through 6.

Jaime Escalante Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Jaime Escalante Elementary logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Jaime Escalante Elementary shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Jaime Escalante Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jaime Escalante Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.8%; this one delivers 50.1%, a residual of +27.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Jaime Escalante Elementary is one.

Teresa Hughes Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jaime Escalante Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jaime Escalante Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jaime Escalante Elementary has fell 20%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 93% to 99% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.