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Which teacher or staff member at Limerick Avenue Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003138
Limerick Avenue Elementary
8530 Limerick Ave., Canoga Park, CA 91306 · (818) 341-1730 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
623 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 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
32%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
49.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.5pp since 2014
Math
43.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.5% | 27.0% | 22.2% | 28.3% |
| Math | 19.4% | 24.3% | 26.8% | 29.5% |
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 | 49.5% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 39.4% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 42.5% |
| 2018-19 | 38.1% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 26.1% |
| 2016-17 | 35.0% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in California's top 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 Limerick Avenue Elementary
Limerick Avenue Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick Avenue Elementary this school | 656 | 95.0% | 44.6% |
| Plummer Elementary North Hills | 600 | 95.5% | 28.8% |
| Bassett Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 609 | 96.4% | 26.7% |
| Noble Avenue Elementary North Hills | 656 | 94.2% | 24.7% |
| Hart Street Elementary Canoga Park | 699 | 96.6% | 23.7% |
| Hazeltine Avenue Elementary Van Nuys | 621 | 94.2% | 34.0% |
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 Limerick Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,098 of 5,151 | #492 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #2,020 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #500 of 1,129 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #2,072 of 5,172 ▲ 401 | #474 of 1,129 ▲ 95 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #2,317 of 5,116 | #595 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #980 of 5,915 | #175 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,604 of 5,352 | #479 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #3,826 of 5,354 | #702 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #451 of 5,625 | #227 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #1,583 of 3,837 | #536 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
656
-56 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 656 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 95% (623) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 96% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 93% (589) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 92% (658) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 34 | 23.7:1 | 91% (730) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 34 | 24.7:1 | 90% (760) |
| 2010-11 | 938 | N/A | N/A | 86% (810) |
| 2000-01 | 1,068 | 56 | 19.1:1 | 80% (850) |
| 1990-91 | 970 | 34 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Limerick Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (805 to 656); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Limerick Avenue Elementary
Families in Canoga Park, California, are served by Limerick Avenue Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 656 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 41% larger than that.
Los Angeles Unified runs Limerick Avenue Elementary along with 783 other schools, enrolling 406,887 students in total.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Limerick Avenue Elementary, with 82% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% White, and 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Limerick Avenue Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Dividing enrollment by its 31 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Limerick Avenue Elementary reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
allk12 grades Limerick Avenue Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Limerick Avenue Elementary is 23.9%. It actually posts 44.6%, which is 20.7 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
Within 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. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Winnetka Avenue Elementary, at about 0.8 miles. Limerick Avenue Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.4% proficiency; Limerick Avenue Elementary posts 44.6%.
Locale data from NCES put Limerick Avenue Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 712 in 2020-21 and 656 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.2:1) than in 2020-21 (22.3:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Limerick Avenue ElementaryHow large is Limerick Avenue Elementary?
Limerick Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 656 students in grades KG-05.
Is Limerick Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Limerick Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Limerick Avenue Elementary have?
Limerick Avenue Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
How diverse is Limerick Avenue Elementary?
Limerick Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Limerick Avenue Elementary?
Limerick 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.