Melrose Avenue Elementary

Melrose Avenue Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, works with 419 students in grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Melrose Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Melrose Avenue Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 22% White, 16% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Melrose Avenue Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Melrose Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Melrose Avenue Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.2%; actual is 71.1%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Melrose Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Melrose Avenue Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Melrose Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Melrose Avenue Elementary has ticked up 35%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 33% to 28%.

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