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If you had an hour of school board time for Kelly Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000984
Kelly Elementary
2320 East Alondra Blvd., Compton, CA 90221 · (310) 898-6410 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
614 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 44% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
51.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.8pp since 2014
Math
43.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.9% | 30.9% | 23.0% | 25.2% |
| Math | 22.6% | 21.0% | 28.5% | 27.8% |
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 | 51.8% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 48.1% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 40.1% | 36.7% |
| 2018-19 | 42.7% | 38.3% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 40.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.8% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% 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 21 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 Kelly Elementary
Kelly Elementary's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Elementary this school | 685 | 89.6% | 48.1% |
| Armada Elementary Moreno Valley | 684 | 92.4% | 31.9% |
| Charlotte N. Werner Elementary Rialto | 739 | 91.3% | 20.7% |
| Dickison Elementary Compton | 681 | 91.5% | 36.8% |
| Eucalyptus Elementary Hesperia | 737 | 86.8% | 19.1% |
| Robert F. Kennedy Elementary Compton | 610 | 88.0% | 36.9% |
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 Kelly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,854 of 5,151 | #422 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #2,025 of 5,172 ▼ 386 | #502 of 1,129 ▼ 135 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,900 of 5,172 ▲ 194 | #427 of 1,129 ▲ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #699 of 5,116 | #254 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #835 of 5,915 | #144 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.9:1 | #4,811 of 5,352 | #1,086 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #4,394 of 5,354 | #863 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #1,143 of 5,625 | #460 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #734 of 3,837 | #305 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
685
-150 (-18%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 995
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
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 | 685 | 26.5 | 25.9:1 | 90% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 94% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 27.8 | 26.8:1 | 63% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 33 | 25.3:1 | 91% (762) |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 35.5 | 26.6:1 | 83% (781) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 35 | 23.9:1 | 83% (694) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | N/A | N/A | 85% (762) |
| 2000-01 | 1,433 | 62 | 23.1:1 | 91% (1,297) |
| 1990-91 | 995 | 33 | 30.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kelly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (944 to 685); teachers down 25% (35.5 to 26.5).
About Kelly Elementary
Kelly Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Compton, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 685 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 47% larger than that.
Enrollment across the 36 schools in Compton Unified totals 16,304 students.
The large majority of students at Kelly Elementary, 89%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Kelly Elementary has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kelly Elementary was 25.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 90%. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kelly Elementary does better than predicted by 21.1 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.1%; the prediction is 27.0%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and 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%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Nearest public school: Compton High, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Kelly Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Kelly Elementary at 2nd of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Kelly Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 835 in 2020-21 and 685 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 642 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Kelly Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Kelly Elementary. Kelly Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Kelly ElementaryCarlsbad, CA · 449 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolLewisburg, PA · 550 students
- Kelly ElementaryHolyoke, MA · 464 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJ · 451 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 385 students
Nearby schools
- Compton High0.7 mi · 1,438
- Emerson Elementary0.8 mi · 544
- Manuel Dominguez High0.9 mi · 1,582
- Cesar Chavez Continuation High0.9 mi · 263
- Thurgood Marshall0.9 mi · 51
- King Elementary0.9 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Kelly ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kelly Elementary?
Kelly Elementary enrolls approximately 685 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Kelly Elementary serve?
Kelly Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kelly Elementary?
Approximately 25.9:1 students per teacher at Kelly Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kelly Elementary?
At Kelly Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Kelly Elementary public or private?
Kelly Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.