Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000022
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary
21314 Claretta Ave., Lakewood, CA 90715 · (562) 229-7885 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
22.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
312 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 53% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
27.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 23.5% | 23.5% | 39.0% |
| Math | 7.9% | 19.1% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 37.4% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 22.5% |
| 2022-23 | 33.2% | 22.6% |
| 2021-22 | 34.1% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 42.7% | 28.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.8% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.2% | 19.9% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary this school | 338 | 92.3% | 30.3% |
| Fullbright Avenue Elementary Canoga Park | 321 | 91.3% | 29.9% |
| Fries Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 325 | 90.2% | 24.2% |
| Lemay Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 334 | 91.9% | 41.9% |
| ISANA Octavia Academy Los Angeles | 363 | 91.2% | N/A |
| Arminta Street Elementary North Hollywood | 317 | 93.7% | 34.6% |
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 Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,469 of 5,151 | #871 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,534 of 5,172 ▲ 359 | #910 of 1,129 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #3,184 of 5,172 ▲ 191 | #767 of 1,129 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,095 of 5,116 | #354 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #4,389 of 5,915 | #954 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,617 of 5,352 | #681 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #4,256 of 5,354 | #812 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #797 of 5,625 | #348 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #474 of 3,837 | #210 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
338
-89 (-21%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 338 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 92% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 16 | 22.1:1 | 93% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 15 | 22.3:1 | 93% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 92% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 19 | 25.8:1 | 93% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 22 | 26.0:1 | 91% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | N/A | N/A | 94% (554) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 100% (749) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 28 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (490 to 338); teachers down 21% (19 to 15).
About Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is a public elementary school in Lakewood, California. The school enrolls 338 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is one of 30 schools in ABC Unified, which enrolls 17,570 students in total.
About 87% of the student body at Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial and 4% Asian. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary counts 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.5 students for each one. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary scores 30.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.5%.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
Palms Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 338, a 21% decrease from 427 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.1 to 22.5 over 4 years.
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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
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- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
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- Palms Elementary0.5 mi · 463
- Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle0.6 mi · 291
- Artesia High0.7 mi · 1,384
- Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle0.8 mi · 542
- Hawaiian Elementary0.9 mi · 298
- Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary0.9 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About Melbourne (Ella P.) ElementaryHow many students attend Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary?
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-06.
Is Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is approximately 22.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary?
Student demographics at Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary are roughly 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary public or private?
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.