Kingsley Elementary

Located at 5200 West Virginia Ave., in Los Angeles, California, Kingsley Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community that serves 288 students (grades K through 5), run under Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Kingsley Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Kingsley Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest breaks down as 8% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kingsley Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Kingsley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Kingsley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.0%, the actual is 34.1%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $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 Kingsley Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ramona Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kingsley Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Kingsley Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 33% since 2018, when it stood at 430 (now 288). Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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