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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003159
Malabar Street Elementary
3200 East Malabar St., Los Angeles, CA 90063 · (323) 261-1103 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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.
- 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
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
404 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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
4%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
Malabar Street Elementary→Belvedere 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
36.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.7pp since 2014
Math
27.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.4pp 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 27 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.7% | 24.1% | 24.9% | 38.4% |
| Math | 9.0% | 18.4% | 22.0% | 50.6% |
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 | 36.7% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 28.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 25.6% |
| 2018-19 | 32.1% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 33.2% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 33.6% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Malabar Street Elementary
Malabar Street Elementary's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malabar Street Elementary this school | 418 | 96.7% | 34.0% |
| N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts Los Angeles | 417 | 97.4% | N/A |
| Liberty Boulevard Elementary South Gate | 410 | 96.8% | 35.4% |
| Radcliff Elementary Watsonville | 409 | 97.1% | 8.8% |
| Sharp Avenue Elementary Arleta | 417 | 97.1% | 27.4% |
| Washington Elementary Mendota | 423 | 97.4% | N/A |
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 Malabar Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,062 of 5,151 | #767 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,493 of 5,172 ▼ 950 | #898 of 1,129 ▼ 281 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #3,252 of 5,172 no change | #789 of 1,129 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,870 of 5,116 | #706 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,453 of 5,915 | #724 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #883 of 5,352 | #276 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #5,252 of 5,354 | #1,181 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #243 of 5,625 | #130 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #337 of 3,837 | #155 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
-69 (-14%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,104
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 97% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 97% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | 95% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 93% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 29 | 21.9:1 | 94% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 92% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 50% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 1,061 | 49 | 21.6:1 | 96% (1,019) |
| 1990-91 | 1,104 | 45 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malabar Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (635 to 418); teachers down 28% (29 to 21).
About Malabar Street Elementary
Malabar Street Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Los Angeles, California. The school counts 418 students across kindergarten through 6.
Malabar Street Elementary is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
The large majority of students at Malabar Street Elementary, 98%, are Hispanic. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. By the diversity index, Malabar Street Elementary comes in at 4%.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Malabar Street Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 19.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Malabar Street Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Malabar Street Elementary would be expected to post about 22.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.0%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and 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.
Of nearby public schools, Evergreen Avenue Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Malabar Street Elementary is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
Federal data place Malabar Street Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 14%, from 487 to 418. By 2024-25, the school had 19.9 students per teacher, compared with 22.1 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Malabar Street ElementaryHow many students attend Malabar Street Elementary?
Malabar Street Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Malabar Street Elementary serve?
Malabar Street Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Malabar Street Elementary have?
Malabar Street Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Malabar Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Malabar Street Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Malabar Street Elementary public or private?
Malabar 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.