Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003148
Loreto Street Elementary
3408 Arroyo Seco Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 · (323) 222-5176 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
230 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
11%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
41.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.5pp since 2014
Math
33.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.7% | 28.8% | 22.0% | 36.4% |
| Math | 14.1% | 19.0% | 38.8% | 28.1% |
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 | 41.5% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 29.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 36.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 22.6% |
| 2018-19 | 27.8% | 14.3% |
| 2017-18 | 32.1% | 24.4% |
| 2016-17 | 20.8% | 18.0% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Loreto Street Elementary
Loreto Street Elementary's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto Street Elementary this school | 250 | 92.0% | 31.3% |
| Sierra Park Elementary Los Angeles | 240 | 92.9% | 34.5% |
| Glassell Park ES Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet Los Angeles | 234 | 93.2% | 28.5% |
| Pomona Elementary Costa Mesa | 264 | 94.3% | 29.1% |
| Aeolian Elementary Whittier | 283 | 91.2% | 31.0% |
| Grayson Elementary Westley | 266 | 92.5% | 14.6% |
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 Loreto Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,361 of 5,151 | #840 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #2,909 of 5,172 ▲ 262 | #747 of 1,129 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,770 of 5,172 ▲ 1,689 | #671 of 1,129 ▲ 369 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #515 of 5,116 | #195 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #5,114 of 5,915 | #1,152 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #46 of 5,352 | #14 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #4,895 of 5,354 | #1,044 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #836 of 5,625 | #362 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #796 of 3,837 | #326 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
250
-57 (-19%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 92% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 90% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 95% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 94% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 93% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | N/A | N/A | 47% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 96% (677) |
| 1990-91 | 753 | 31 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loreto Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (339 to 250); teachers down 11% (18 to 16).
About Loreto Street Elementary
Located in Los Angeles, California, Loreto Street Elementary is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 250 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
Loreto Street Elementary is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
Loreto Street Elementary enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 2% Asian and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Loreto Street Elementary has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 16 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.6:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Loreto Street Elementary is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Loreto Street Elementary, the prediction is 25.6% and the result is 31.3%.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Loreto Street Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Florence Nightingale Middle is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Loreto Street Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Loreto Street Elementary saw enrollment fall 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 19.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Loreto Street ElementaryHow many students attend Loreto Street Elementary?
Loreto Street Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Loreto Street Elementary serve?
Loreto Street Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Loreto Street Elementary have?
Loreto Street Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Loreto Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Loreto Street Elementary are roughly 0% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Loreto Street Elementary public or private?
Loreto Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.