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What's the most underrated thing about La Ballona Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULVER CITY UNIFIED·NCES 061026001121
La Ballona Elementary
10915 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 · (310) 842-4334 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
21.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
286 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Based on grade levels within Culver City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.0pp since 2014
Math
40.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.9% | 26.1% | 18.8% | 27.2% |
| Math | 17.0% | 23.5% | 28.9% | 30.7% |
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 | 54.0% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 42.9% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 44.2% | 40.8% |
| 2020-21 | 42.1% | 32.6% |
| 2018-19 | 57.5% | 51.4% |
| 2017-18 | 54.4% | 52.3% |
| 2016-17 | 52.7% | 45.4% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 La Ballona Elementary
La Ballona Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Ballona Elementary this school | 531 | 53.9% | 47.0% |
| Arroyo Verde Elementary Highland | 518 | 59.1% | 46.1% |
| Tiffany (Burton C.) Elementary Chula Vista | 534 | 50.0% | 47.4% |
| Torrance Elementary Torrance | 567 | 53.6% | 48.8% |
| Castle View Elementary Riverside | 684 | 52.9% | 48.8% |
| Joseph M. Simas Hanford | 514 | 61.3% | 54.1% |
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 La Ballona Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,923 of 5,151 | #441 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,261 of 5,172 ▼ 287 | #566 of 1,129 ▼ 110 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,751 of 5,172 ▲ 170 | #394 of 1,129 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,750 of 5,116 | #487 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,072 of 5,915 | #415 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,655 of 5,352 | #488 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #2,351 of 5,354 | #365 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #3,755 of 5,625 | #974 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #2,535 of 3,837 | #709 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
531
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 531 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 54% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 51% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 25.2 | 22.5:1 | 53% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 44% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 25 | 23.9:1 | 61% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 25 | 22.8:1 | 53% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 75% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 68% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Ballona Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (598 to 531); teachers unchanged (25 to 25).
About La Ballona Elementary
Located in Culver City, California, La Ballona Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 531 students in kindergarten through 5.
La Ballona Elementary falls under Culver City Unified, which has 8 schools enrolling 6,581 students.
The largest group at La Ballona Elementary is Hispanic students, at 64%. Other groups include 15% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
La Ballona Elementary reports a ratio of 21.2 students per teacher, from 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at La Ballona Elementary, 54% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
Among California public elementary schools, La Ballona Elementary outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, La Ballona Elementary would be expected to post about 48.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.0%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including La Ballona Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Charnock Road Elementary is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of La Ballona Elementary. By average proficiency, La Ballona Elementary is 7th among 8 schools close by.
La Ballona Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, La Ballona Elementary enrolled 560 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 531. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.4:1 to 21.2:1.
La Ballona Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Culver City Unified
- Culver City HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Culver City MiddleMiddle · 1,523 students
- El Marino ElementaryElementary · 795 students
- Linwood E. Howe ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- El Rincon ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Farragut ElementaryElementary · 548 students
Other schools in Culver City
- Culver City HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Culver City MiddleMiddle · 1,523 students
- El Marino ElementaryElementary · 795 students
- Linwood E. Howe ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- El Rincon ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Farragut ElementaryElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Charnock Road Elementary0.6 mi · 281
- Culver City High0.7 mi · 2,012
- Culver Park High0.7 mi · 40
- Culver City Middle0.7 mi · 1,523
- Farragut Elementary0.8 mi · 548
- Palms Middle0.8 mi · 1,081
Frequently asked questions
About La Ballona ElementaryHow large is La Ballona Elementary?
La Ballona Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
Is La Ballona Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Ballona Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does La Ballona Elementary have?
La Ballona Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at La Ballona Elementary?
Student demographics at La Ballona Elementary are roughly 15% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees La Ballona Elementary?
La Ballona Elementary is overseen by Culver City Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.