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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Janie P. Abbott Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316003531
Janie P. Abbott Elementary
5260 East Clark St., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 603-1498 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
385 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
35.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
24.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 19.7% | 24.1% | 40.8% |
| Math | 10.9% | 13.5% | 28.4% | 47.2% |
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 | 35.1% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 32.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 26.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 30.6% |
| 2020-21 | 24.1% | 18.6% |
| 2018-19 | 49.3% | 40.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 35.3% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 33.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Janie P. Abbott Elementary
Janie P. Abbott Elementary's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janie P. Abbott Elementary this school | 417 | 92.3% | 32.8% |
| Mark Keppel Paramount | 426 | 91.1% | 30.1% |
| Urbita Elementary San Bernardino | 390 | 92.1% | 18.3% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Lynwood | 445 | 91.9% | 21.6% |
| Casa Loma Elementary Bakersfield | 424 | 92.7% | 15.2% |
| Corona Elementary Ontario | 414 | 91.1% | 46.0% |
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 Janie P. Abbott Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,195 of 5,151 | #801 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #3,828 of 5,172 ▼ 976 | #970 of 1,129 ▼ 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #3,425 of 5,172 ▼ 644 | #833 of 1,129 ▼ 177 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,572 of 5,116 | #271 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #3,474 of 5,915 | #732 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,119 of 5,352 | #938 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #5,105 of 5,354 | #1,120 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #795 of 5,625 | #346 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #206 of 3,837 | #102 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
417
-140 (-25%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 92% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 18 | 24.9:1 | 93% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 20 | 24.0:1 | 92% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 93% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 26 | 25.7:1 | 92% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 28 | 26.1:1 | 92% (674) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | N/A | N/A | 90% (681) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 39 | 22.7:1 | 88% (779) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 29 | 30.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Janie P. Abbott Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (669 to 417); teachers down 35% (26 to 17).
About Janie P. Abbott Elementary
Janie P. Abbott Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Lynwood, California, (ZIP code 90262). The student body numbers 417 students, from kindergarten through 6.
The Lynwood Unified system has 17 schools and 10,851 students.
The large majority of students at Janie P. Abbott Elementary, 96%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. By the diversity index, Janie P. Abbott Elementary comes in at 7%.
Federal data list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Janie P. Abbott Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 24.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Janie P. Abbott Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Janie P. Abbott Elementary is 7.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.8% versus 25.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Janie P. Abbott Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Janie P. Abbott Elementary is Whaley Middle, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Janie P. Abbott Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Janie P. Abbott Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 25%, from 557 to 417.
Discussions about Janie P. Abbott Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Whaley Middle0.6 mi · 429
- Mark Twain Elementary0.7 mi · 542
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh High0.7 mi · 1,633
- Vista High0.9 mi · 186
- Foster Elementary0.9 mi · 398
- Los Cerritos1.0 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Janie P. Abbott ElementaryHow large is Janie P. Abbott Elementary?
Janie P. Abbott Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Janie P. Abbott Elementary serve?
Janie P. Abbott Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Janie P. Abbott Elementary have?
Janie P. Abbott Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Janie P. Abbott Elementary?
Student demographics at Janie P. Abbott Elementary are roughly 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Janie P. Abbott Elementary public or private?
Janie P. Abbott Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynwood Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.