John W. Mack Elementary

Set in Los Angeles, California, John W. Mack Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by Los Angeles Unified. It teaches 283 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, John W. Mack Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, John W. Mack Elementary reports that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 15% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at John W. Mack Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John W. Mack Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.0%; this one delivers 19.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 John W. Mack Elementary is one.

Vermont Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John W. Mack Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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