Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003183
Micheltorena Street Elementary
1511 Micheltorena St., Los Angeles, CA 90026 · (323) 661-2125 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- AThree-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
19.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
155 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 | 108 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 86% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
67%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +41.4pp since 2014
Math
54.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +32.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 41 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.8% | 22.6% | 16.4% | 18.2% |
| Math | 31.0% | 23.4% | 21.5% | 24.1% |
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 | 65.4% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 52.6% |
| 2022-23 | 56.9% | 52.1% |
| 2021-22 | 55.5% | 41.3% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 52.2% | 46.7% |
| 2016-17 | 44.7% | 37.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Micheltorena Street Elementary
Micheltorena Street Elementary's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micheltorena Street Elementary this school | 388 | 39.9% | 59.2% |
| Lakewood Elementary Modesto | 395 | 42.5% | 61.3% |
| Dehesa Elementary El Cajon | 399 | 36.8% | 27.6% |
| Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet Los Angeles | 401 | 40.4% | 55.8% |
| Hollister Elementary Santa Barbara | 393 | 44.5% | 57.3% |
| Discovery Bay Elementary Discovery Bay | 417 | 41.2% | 61.5% |
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 Micheltorena Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #1,164 of 5,151 | #267 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,341 of 5,172 ▲ 24 | #308 of 1,129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #998 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #225 of 1,129 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #437 of 5,116 | #168 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #3,829 of 5,915 | #820 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #683 of 5,352 | #206 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #960 of 5,354 | #154 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #4,338 of 5,625 | #1,065 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #3,426 of 3,837 | #878 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
388
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 40% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 42% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | 34% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 20 | 19.3:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 54% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 58% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | N/A | N/A | 37% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 34 | 19.5:1 | 95% (630) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 31 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Micheltorena Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (404 to 388); teachers down 5% (21 to 20).
About Micheltorena Street Elementary
Micheltorena Street Elementary is an elementary school in Los Angeles, California, and it is part of Los Angeles Unified. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 388 students.
Micheltorena Street Elementary is in Los Angeles Unified, a district with 406,887 students across 784 schools.
The largest group at Micheltorena Street Elementary is Hispanic students, at 45%. The remaining students are 30% White, 18% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census estimates put Los Angeles County at about 48% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Micheltorena Street Elementary scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.9 students per teacher. In all, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 30 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Micheltorena Street Elementary outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Micheltorena Street Elementary would score about 56.1%. It scores 59.2%, 3.1 points above that figure.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Micheltorena Street Elementary among them.
Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet is the nearest public school to Micheltorena Street Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Micheltorena Street Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 59.2% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 5 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Micheltorena Street Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment at Micheltorena Street Elementary was 385 in 2020-21 and 388 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Micheltorena Street ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Micheltorena Street Elementary?
Micheltorena Street Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Micheltorena Street Elementary serve?
Micheltorena Street Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Micheltorena Street Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Micheltorena Street Elementary.
How diverse is Micheltorena Street Elementary?
Micheltorena Street Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Micheltorena Street Elementary public or private?
Micheltorena Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.