Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003165
Marianna Avenue Elementary
4215 East Gleason St., Los Angeles, CA 90063 · (323) 262-6382 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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
18.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
259 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 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 108% larger than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
9%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
Marianna Avenue 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
34.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
33.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 21.9% | 25.6% | 40.1% |
| Math | 16.6% | 16.6% | 26.6% | 40.3% |
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 | 34.3% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.2% | 33.6% |
| 2021-22 | 47.1% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 47.1% | 42.0% |
| 2017-18 | 48.4% | 38.7% |
| 2016-17 | 47.3% | 35.7% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Marianna Avenue Elementary
Marianna Avenue Elementary's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marianna Avenue Elementary this school | 281 | 92.2% | 35.3% |
| Grayson Elementary Westley | 266 | 92.5% | 14.6% |
| Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary Hawaiian Gardens | 297 | 92.6% | 27.6% |
| Carl Harvey Elementary Santa Ana | 268 | 91.8% | 21.6% |
| Park Avenue Elementary Cudahy | 274 | 94.2% | 23.3% |
| Kinoshita Elementary San Juan Capistrano | 302 | 91.4% | 24.1% |
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 Marianna Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #2,924 of 5,151 | #733 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #2,906 of 5,172 ▼ 158 | #746 of 1,129 ▼ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,515 of 5,172 ▼ 1,002 | #863 of 1,129 ▼ 283 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #580 of 5,116 | #95 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #4,920 of 5,915 | #1,108 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #451 of 5,352 | #132 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #4,997 of 5,354 | #1,077 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #815 of 5,625 | #354 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #1,065 of 3,837 | #398 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
281
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 281 | 15 | 18.7:1 | 92% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 91% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 96% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 95% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 16 | 22.9:1 | 92% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 15 | 24.8:1 | 94% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | N/A | N/A | 46% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 97% (488) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 24 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marianna Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (366 to 281); teachers down 6% (16 to 15).
About Marianna Avenue Elementary
Marianna Avenue Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Los Angeles, California. It teaches 281 students in kindergarten through 6. It has 40% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools with a combined 406,887 students. Marianna Avenue Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 95% of students at Marianna Avenue Elementary are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The diversity index for Marianna Avenue Elementary is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 92% of students (259) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Marianna Avenue Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of California public elementary schools.
Marianna Avenue Elementary scores 35.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.5%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Marianna Avenue Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Hilda L. Solis Lrng Acad Sch of Tech Business and Ed is about 0.3 miles from Marianna Avenue Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Marianna Avenue Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 7% drop took enrollment from 302 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.1:1 to 18.7:1.
This page is set up for the Marianna Avenue Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Marianna Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Marianna Avenue Elementary?
Marianna Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades KG-06.
Is Marianna Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marianna Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marianna Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marianna Avenue Elementary is approximately 18.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marianna Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Marianna Avenue Elementary are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Marianna Avenue Elementary?
Marianna 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.