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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mar Vista Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003164
Mar Vista Elementary
3330 Granville Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066 · (310) 391-1175 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of California public elementary schools
- A+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.
- CThree-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
21.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
88 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 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 104% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
70%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
Mar Vista Elementary→Daniel Webster 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
79.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.9pp since 2014
Math
86.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.7% | 26.3% | 11.6% | 8.5% |
| Math | 55.2% | 30.9% | 8.1% | 5.8% |
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 | 79.9% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 80.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 77.6% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 83.4% |
| 2018-19 | 82.1% | 74.0% |
| 2017-18 | 81.3% | 73.7% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 66.8% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Mar Vista Elementary
Mar Vista Elementary's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar Vista Elementary this school | 590 | 14.9% | 80.7% |
| Riviera Elementary Torrance | 611 | 16.5% | 73.5% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Redondo Beach | 547 | 13.5% | 75.9% |
| Arroyo Elementary Santa Ana | 585 | 14.5% | 78.2% |
| Matthew Turner Elementary Benicia | 529 | 10.8% | 70.8% |
| Overland Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 485 | 14.0% | 88.8% |
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 Mar Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #194 of 5,151 | #44 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #75 of 5,172 ▲ 115 | #15 of 1,129 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #277 of 5,172 ▲ 133 | #66 of 1,129 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #1,435 of 5,116 | #236 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,485 of 5,915 | #289 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,557 of 5,352 | #465 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #613 of 5,354 | #100 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #5,315 of 5,625 | #1,234 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #880 of 1,139 | #145 of 181 |
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
590
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 590 | 28 | 21.1:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 26 | 20.8:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | N/A | N/A | 12% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 32% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mar Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (572 to 590); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About Mar Vista Elementary
Mar Vista Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools in Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment is 590 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 27% higher.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Mar Vista Elementary is one of those schools.
Mar Vista Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. The school is also 27% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 31%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mar Vista Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Mar Vista Elementary employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.1:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 15% in 2024-25. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Mar Vista Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mar Vista Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 80.7% actual against 70.8% predicted.
Across 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. Mar Vista Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The school nearest to Mar Vista Elementary is Charnock Road Elementary, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Mar Vista Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mar Vista Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Mar Vista Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The number of students grew from 570 to 590 over 4 years.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Mar Vista Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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Other Mar Vista Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Mar Vista Elementary. Mar Vista Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Mar Vista ElementaryOxnard, CA · 464 students
- Mar Vista ElementaryAptos, CA · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Charnock Road Elementary0.8 mi · 281
- Richland Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 280
- Clover Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 468
- Daniel Webster Middle0.9 mi · 438
- Magnolia Science Academy 40.9 mi · 132
- Grand View Boulevard Elementary1.0 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Mar Vista ElementaryHow large is Mar Vista Elementary?
Mar Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mar Vista Elementary serve?
Mar Vista Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mar Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mar Vista Elementary is approximately 21.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mar Vista Elementary?
At Mar Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 27% Two or more.
Who oversees Mar Vista Elementary?
Mar Vista 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.