1
Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000991
McKinley Elementary
14431 Stanford Ave., Compton, CA 90220 · (310) 898-6320 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
299 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 154% larger than its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
43.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +33.5pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 33 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.4% | 27.1% | 19.2% | 37.4% |
| Math | 12.1% | 22.3% | 25.1% | 40.5% |
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 | 43.5% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.2% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 23.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.9% | 50.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 61.0% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 34.6% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary this school | 331 | 90.3% | 36.8% |
| Angeles Mesa Elementary Los Angeles | 297 | 95.6% | 26.5% |
| ISANA Achernar Academy Compton | 407 | 93.9% | N/A |
| Edison-Bethune Charter Academy Fresno | 368 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Adelanto Elementary Adelanto | 267 | 90.3% | 8.2% |
| Ronald E. McNair Elementary Compton | 358 | 88.5% | 53.1% |
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 McKinley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,778 of 5,151 | #684 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,797 of 5,172 ▲ 671 | #716 of 1,129 ▲ 149 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,599 of 5,172 ▲ 501 | #625 of 1,129 ▲ 117 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #754 of 5,116 | #269 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #4,468 of 5,915 | #973 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,862 of 5,352 | #727 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #3,206 of 5,354 | #547 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,062 of 5,625 | #438 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #935 of 3,837 | #367 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
-109 (-25%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 14.5 | 22.8:1 | 90% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 14.9 | 24.0:1 | 94% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 15 | 26.9:1 | 67% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 89% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 81% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 86% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | N/A | N/A | 73% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 98% (432) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 19 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (439 to 331); teachers down 28% (20 to 14.5).
About McKinley Elementary
In Compton, California, part of Los Angeles County, McKinley Elementary is an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 331 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 29% lower.
McKinley Elementary is among 36 schools run by Compton Unified, which serves 16,304 students.
McKinley Elementary is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 28% Black. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 22.8 students per teacher and 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 90%. That is 20 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.6% at McKinley Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McKinley Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. McKinley Elementary's average proficiency of 36.8% compares with 39.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 25% from 2020-21, when McKinley Elementary had 440 students, to 2024-25, when it had 331. The ratio was 24.4:1 in 2020-21 and 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
The McKinley Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
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- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary is the 32nd largest of the 56.
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 628 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Gabriel, CA · 618 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Diego, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center0.4 mi · 196
- Enterprise Middle0.4 mi · 182
- Avalon Gardens Elementary0.5 mi · 171
- Bursch Elementary0.7 mi · 370
- Tibby Elementary0.8 mi · 554
- Animo Compton Charter0.9 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 331 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does McKinley Elementary serve?
McKinley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at McKinley Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at McKinley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary are roughly 1% White, 69% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary is overseen by Compton Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.