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Best kept secret at Langdon Avenue Elementary?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003123
Langdon Avenue Elementary
8817 Langdon Ave., North Hills, CA 91343 · (818) 892-0779 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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
21.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
511 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 | 110 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
20%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
17.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.1% | 17.0% | 21.5% | 53.4% |
| Math | 3.5% | 14.2% | 22.8% | 59.5% |
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 | 25.1% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 20.5% |
| 2022-23 | 14.6% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 20.2% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 23.2% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 25.2% | 17.8% |
| 2016-17 | 13.6% | 8.8% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Langdon Avenue Elementary
Langdon Avenue Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langdon Avenue Elementary this school | 532 | 96.1% | 21.3% |
| Tumbleweed Elementary Palmdale | 502 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Bradley Elementary San Bernardino | 530 | 94.9% | 34.3% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Wadsworth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 506 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
| Forty-Ninth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 491 | 97.4% | 26.1% |
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 Langdon Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,465 of 5,151 | #1,062 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #4,505 of 5,172 ▼ 391 | #1,076 of 1,129 ▼ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,472 of 5,172 ▲ 79 | #1,049 of 1,129 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,437 of 5,116 | #614 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #2,065 of 5,915 | #414 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,679 of 5,352 | #493 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #4,403 of 5,354 | #866 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #315 of 5,625 | #163 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #2,068 of 3,837 | #625 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
532
-65 (-11%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,246
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 532 | 25 | 21.3:1 | 96% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 94% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 98% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 28 | 21.3:1 | 98% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 27 | 23.1:1 | 97% (607) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 26 | 23.1:1 | 96% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | N/A | N/A | 52% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 1,620 | 83 | 19.5:1 | 95% (1,537) |
| 1990-91 | 1,246 | 49 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Langdon Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (624 to 532); teachers down 7% (27 to 25).
About Langdon Avenue Elementary
This page covers Langdon Avenue Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in North Hills, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 532 students.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
At Langdon Avenue Elementary, Hispanic students make up 89% of the student body. It is also 7% Black and 2% multiracial. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Langdon Avenue Elementary comes in at 20%.
The school reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.3 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Langdon Avenue Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Langdon Avenue Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 23.3%. Langdon Avenue Elementary scores 21.3%, 2.0 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Langdon Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The nearest other public school, Rosa Parks Learning Center, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Langdon Avenue Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 532, 11% below the 597 of 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Langdon Avenue Elementary. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Langdon Avenue ElementaryHow large is Langdon Avenue Elementary?
Langdon Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-05.
Is Langdon Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Langdon Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Langdon Avenue Elementary have?
Langdon Avenue Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
How diverse is Langdon Avenue Elementary?
Langdon Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Langdon Avenue Elementary?
Langdon Avenue Elementary 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.