McKinley Avenue Elementary

McKinley Avenue Elementary, a medium-sized primary school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, educates 474 students, covering grades K through 6.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; McKinley Avenue Elementary is among them.

Demographically, McKinley Avenue Elementary records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting McKinley Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McKinley Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.4%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), McKinley Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

John Hope Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKinley Avenue Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

McKinley Avenue Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McKinley Avenue Elementary has edged down 39%, going from 774 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.