Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary

Set in Los Angeles, California, Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community, part of Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 316 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.2%; Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary posts 52.0%, +26.8 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Iluminar Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary has edged down 16%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.