Leo Politi Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, Leo Politi Elementary hosts 504 students from grades K through 5, operated by Los Angeles Unified.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Leo Politi Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Leo Politi Elementary shows that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Leo Politi Elementary reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leo Politi Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.2%, the actual is 20.1%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Leo Politi Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hoover Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Leo Politi Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

Leo Politi Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Leo Politi Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.