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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001941
Mountain Avenue Elementary
2307 Mountain Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214 · (818) 248-7766 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
26.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
194 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.5pp since 2014
Math
69.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.2% | 29.3% | 12.9% | 11.6% |
| Math | 45.5% | 24.1% | 21.9% | 8.5% |
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 | 75.5% | 69.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 70.5% |
| 2022-23 | 75.9% | 70.8% |
| 2021-22 | 81.8% | 74.9% |
| 2018-19 | 83.0% | 77.0% |
| 2017-18 | 82.6% | 65.2% |
| 2016-17 | 72.8% | 64.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Mountain Avenue Elementary
Mountain Avenue Elementary's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Avenue Elementary this school | 551 | 35.2% | 72.4% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary La Crescenta | 495 | 41.0% | 73.9% |
| Oak Grove Elementary Aliso Viejo | 569 | 32.2% | 70.6% |
| Horace Mann Elementary Beverly Hills | 578 | 29.6% | 69.2% |
| Diamond Creek Elementary Roseville | 547 | 34.4% | 67.0% |
| Blue Oaks Elementary Roseville | 498 | 36.7% | 61.7% |
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 Mountain Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #544 of 5,151 | #122 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #619 of 5,172 ▼ 43 | #135 of 1,129 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #475 of 5,172 ▲ 40 | #108 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #446 of 5,116 | #67 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,851 of 5,915 | #364 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.3:1 | #4,955 of 5,352 | #1,119 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #1,868 of 5,354 | #282 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #4,545 of 5,625 | #1,093 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #3,682 of 3,837 | #923 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
551
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
26.3:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 551 | 21 | 26.3:1 | 35% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 21 | 27.2:1 | 22% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 21 | 26.5:1 | 18% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 20 | 28.0:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 20 | 27.5:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 8% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 24 | 22.9:1 | 6% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 15 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (560 to 551); teachers up 5% (20 to 21).
About Mountain Avenue Elementary
Mountain Avenue Elementary is one of the public schools in La Crescenta, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 551 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
Federal data list 32 schools in Glendale Unified, with 25,294 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Mountain Avenue Elementary is White: 59%. Other groups make up 18% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 194 students, or 35%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mountain Avenue Elementary lands at A, ahead of 85% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mountain Avenue Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.4%; the prediction is 58.9%.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mountain Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Rosemont Middle, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Mountain Avenue Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 556 to 551, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 26.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Mountain Avenue Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in La Crescenta
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet HighHigh · 1,136 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Dunsmore ElementaryElementary · 589 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Rosemont Middle0.4 mi · 1,221
- Monte Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 721
- Palm Crest Elementary0.6 mi · 642
- La Crescenta Elementary0.7 mi · 400
- Crescenta Valley High0.9 mi · 2,624
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Avenue ElementaryHow large is Mountain Avenue Elementary?
Mountain Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mountain Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountain Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Avenue Elementary is approximately 26.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Avenue Elementary?
At Mountain Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mountain Avenue Elementary public or private?
Mountain Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.