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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012632
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy
1536 East 89th St., Los Angeles, CA 90002 · (323) 826-3560 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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
18.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
484 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 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 51% larger than its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
16%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy→Charles Drew Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.8pp since 2014
Math
30.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 19.7% | 25.5% | 41.7% |
| Math | 11.9% | 18.4% | 33.7% | 36.0% |
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 | 32.8% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 31.9% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 19.5% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 28.8% |
| 2017-18 | 28.5% | 22.6% |
| 2016-17 | 24.4% | 22.0% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Judith F. Baca Arts Academy
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith F. Baca Arts Academy this school | 495 | 97.8% | 31.3% |
| Wadsworth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 506 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
| Graciano Gomez Elementary San Bernardino | 481 | 97.1% | 20.1% |
| Twentieth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 499 | 95.6% | 37.7% |
| Major Lynn Mokler Paramount | 510 | 96.7% | 25.7% |
| Hawaiian Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 455 | 96.5% | 24.4% |
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 Judith F. Baca Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,362 of 5,151 | #841 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,192 of 5,172 ▼ 304 | #834 of 1,129 ▼ 113 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,689 of 5,172 ▲ 84 | #903 of 1,129 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #869 of 5,116 | #302 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #2,501 of 5,915 | #503 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #348 of 5,352 | #102 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #4,673 of 5,354 | #964 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #117 of 5,625 | #68 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.0% | #346 of 3,837 | #159 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
495
-129 (-21%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 495 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 98% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 98% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 98% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 98% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 33 | 22.7:1 | 96% (717) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 29 | 24.8:1 | 95% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | N/A | N/A | 88% (559) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judith F. Baca Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (750 to 495); teachers down 18% (33 to 27).
About Judith F. Baca Arts Academy
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy sits in Los Angeles, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 495 students in kindergarten through 6.
Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools with a combined 406,887 students. Judith F. Baca Arts Academy is one of them.
Hispanic students are 92% of those enrolled at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy. Next come 4% Black and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy are from different groups.
The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy, 98% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of California public elementary schools.
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.3% is 9.0 points above the 22.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Judith F. Baca Arts Academy among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, University Pathways Public Service Academy, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 27.6%; Judith F. Baca Arts Academy's is 31.3%, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 495 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 624. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.8:1 to 18.3:1.
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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 Judith F. Baca Arts AcademyHow many students attend Judith F. Baca Arts Academy?
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Judith F. Baca Arts Academy serve?
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy is approximately 18.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Judith F. Baca Arts Academy?
At Judith F. Baca Arts Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Judith F. Baca Arts Academy?
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy 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.