Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062121011613
Lucille J. Smith Elementary
4521 West 147th St., Lawndale, CA 90260 · (310) 970-2915 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- B+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
25.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
279 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 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
52.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
46.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 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 | 29.1% | 23.6% | 18.2% | 29.1% |
| Math | 18.6% | 27.5% | 28.1% | 25.8% |
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 | 52.7% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 46.1% |
| 2022-23 | 42.2% | 33.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.3% | 37.1% |
| 2018-19 | 54.0% | 50.2% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 56.3% |
| 2016-17 | 48.3% | 48.5% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% 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 19 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 Lucille J. Smith Elementary
Lucille J. Smith Elementary's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille J. Smith Elementary this school | 331 | 84.3% | 49.3% |
| Ernie Pyle Elementary Bellflower | 341 | 80.9% | 39.6% |
| Bel Air Elementary Bay Point | 328 | 81.1% | 13.1% |
| Towne Avenue Elementary Carson | 288 | 81.6% | 46.4% |
| Rancho Elementary Spring Valley | 324 | 83.3% | 22.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Richmond | 339 | 85.5% | 7.2% |
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 Lucille J. Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,759 of 5,151 | #395 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,847 of 5,172 ▼ 100 | #446 of 1,129 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,838 of 5,172 ▼ 85 | #411 of 1,129 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #1,589 of 5,116 | #456 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #4,469 of 5,915 | #974 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,640 of 5,352 | #1,051 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #2,989 of 5,354 | #493 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #1,730 of 5,625 | #609 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #1,188 of 3,837 | #432 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
331
-61 (-16%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 331 | 13 | 25.5:1 | 84% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 14 | 24.2:1 | 84% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 13 | 25.8:1 | 84% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 15 | 26.1:1 | 88% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 80% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 74% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 81% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lucille J. Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (425 to 331); teachers down 28% (18 to 13).
About Lucille J. Smith Elementary
Lucille J. Smith Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Lawndale, California, one of the schools in Lawndale Elementary. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 331 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
District-wide, Lawndale Elementary has 8 schools and 4,314 students.
At 71%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Lucille J. Smith Elementary combined. Other students are 15% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lucille J. Smith Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.5:1, with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 84% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Lucille J. Smith Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lucille J. Smith Elementary would score about 30.1%. It scores 49.3%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Lucille J. Smith Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Billy Mitchell Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Lucille J. Smith Elementary is 1st among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Lucille J. Smith Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 331, 16% below the 392 of 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Lawndale Elementary
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- William Green ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Billy Mitchell ElementaryElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Lawndale
- Leuzinger HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Lawndale HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Billy Mitchell Elementary0.3 mi · 471
- Lawndale High0.4 mi · 1,403
- Jane Addams Middle0.5 mi · 644
- Leuzinger High0.5 mi · 1,981
- R. K. Lloyde High0.7 mi · 230
- Centinela Valley Independent Study0.7 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Lucille J. Smith ElementaryHow many students attend Lucille J. Smith Elementary?
Lucille J. Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 331 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lucille J. Smith Elementary serve?
Lucille J. Smith Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lucille J. Smith Elementary?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Lucille J. Smith Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lucille J. Smith Elementary?
At Lucille J. Smith Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 71% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Lucille J. Smith Elementary public or private?
Lucille J. Smith Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lawndale Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.