Laurel Street Elementary

Laurel Street Elementary is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Compton, California, one of the schools within Compton Unified, with 377 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Within Compton Unified, which oversees 36 schools and 16,304 students, Laurel Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laurel Street Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 14% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Laurel Street Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.4%; Laurel Street Elementary posts 52.7%, +25.4 points above that line.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Laurel Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tibby Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laurel Street Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Laurel Street Elementary's enrollment has declined 48% since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 377). Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Laurel Street Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.