Miles Avenue Elementary

Miles Avenue Elementary, a substantial primary school in Huntington Park, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, educates 788 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

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

On demographics, Miles Avenue Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Miles Avenue Elementary reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Miles Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.3%; this one delivers 28.0%.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Miles Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Henry T. Gage Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Miles Avenue Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

Miles Avenue Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Miles Avenue Elementary's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 992 (now 788). Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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