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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Leland Street Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003131
Leland Street Elementary
2120 South Leland St., San Pedro, CA 90731 · (310) 832-0505 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
20.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
349 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 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
41%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Leland Street Elementary→Richard Henry Dana Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.4pp since 2014
Math
33.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.6% | 23.7% | 27.8% | 34.9% |
| Math | 12.6% | 20.6% | 34.7% | 32.2% |
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 | 37.4% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 35.3% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 38.7% |
| 2017-18 | 36.5% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 30.7% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Leland Street Elementary
Leland Street Elementary's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leland Street Elementary this school | 418 | 83.5% | 32.9% |
| Vista San Gabriel Elementary Palmdale | 465 | 84.9% | 21.4% |
| Tokay Elementary Fontana | 378 | 81.7% | 26.6% |
| Cinnamon Elementary Lemoore | 454 | 80.6% | 40.9% |
| John Reed Primary Rohnert Park | 376 | 83.5% | 16.4% |
| Hamilton Elementary Hanford | 418 | 86.8% | 35.2% |
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 Leland Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,182 of 5,151 | #798 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #2,901 of 5,172 ▲ 58 | #743 of 1,129 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #3,190 of 5,172 ▲ 549 | #769 of 1,129 ▲ 118 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #781 of 5,116 | #121 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,452 of 5,915 | #723 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,438 of 5,352 | #432 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #3,361 of 5,354 | #582 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #1,831 of 5,625 | #627 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #2,091 of 3,837 | #629 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
418
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 418 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 83% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 82% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 85% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 20 | 21.2:1 | 85% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 80% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 77% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | N/A | N/A | 74% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 76% (487) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 26 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leland Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (489 to 418); teachers down 9% (22 to 20).
About Leland Street Elementary
Leland Street Elementary is an elementary school in San Pedro, California, reachable at (310) 832-0505. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 418 students.
Leland Street Elementary is in Los Angeles Unified, a district with 406,887 students across 784 schools.
Hispanic students are 75% of those enrolled at Leland Street Elementary. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial, 6% White, and 6% Black. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
A staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.9:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Leland Street Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Leland Street Elementary is 2.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
San Pedro Senior High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Leland Street Elementary places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Leland Street Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 424 in 2020-21, 418 in 2024-25.
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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 Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in San Pedro
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 1,355 students
- Port of Los Angeles HighHigh · 916 students
- Taper Avenue ElementaryElementary · 672 students
- Park Western Place ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing ArtsElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- San Pedro Senior High0.4 mi · 2,398
- Richard Henry Dana Middle0.5 mi · 1,355
- White Point Elementary0.7 mi · 314
- Angel's Gate (Continuation)0.8 mi · 80
- Point Fermin Elementary0.9 mi · 304
- Fifteenth Street Elementary0.9 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Leland Street ElementaryHow large is Leland Street Elementary?
Leland Street Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Leland Street Elementary serve?
Leland Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Leland Street Elementary have?
Leland Street Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leland Street Elementary?
At Leland Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 75% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Leland Street Elementary?
Leland Street 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.