Kentwood Elementary

Kentwood Elementary operates as a compact elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 352 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Kentwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kentwood Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% multiracial, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Kentwood Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kentwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.4%, the actual is 68.2%, a residual of +6.8 points.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Kentwood Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: WISH Community, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kentwood Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 36% to 15%.

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