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Enrollment
772
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003223
Ninety-Third Street Elementary
330 East 93rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 754-2869 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL772 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
18.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
753 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 151 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 319% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
32%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ninety-Third Street Elementary→Samuel Gompers Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.5pp since 2014
Math
32.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.5% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 49.5% |
| Math | 14.2% | 18.6% | 21.3% | 45.8% |
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 | 31.5% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 26.6% | 25.1% |
| 2017-18 | 22.0% | 15.6% |
| 2016-17 | 23.2% | 17.5% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Ninety-Third Street Elementary
Ninety-Third Street Elementary's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninety-Third Street Elementary this school | 772 | 97.5% | 27.6% |
| Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary Los Angeles | 669 | 97.5% | 33.2% |
| South Park Elementary Los Angeles | 825 | 97.8% | 21.1% |
| McKinley Elementary Bakersfield | 628 | 97.6% | 13.3% |
| Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 752 | 96.8% | 30.3% |
| Loren Miller Elementary Los Angeles | 601 | 99.0% | 27.0% |
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 Ninety-Third Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,797 of 5,151 | #944 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #2,933 of 5,172 ▲ 450 | #758 of 1,129 ▲ 86 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,824 of 5,172 ▲ 513 | #936 of 1,129 ▲ 81 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.3pp | #281 of 5,116 | #113 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 772 | #456 of 5,915 | #80 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #474 of 5,352 | #142 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #3,836 of 5,354 | #706 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #141 of 5,625 | #80 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #729 of 3,837 | #300 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
772
-167 (-18%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,231
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 772 | 41 | 18.8:1 | 98% (753) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 41 | 19.2:1 | 97% (762) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 99% (815) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 42 | 22.4:1 | 99% (927) |
| 2017-18 | 1,065 | 44 | 24.2:1 | 97% (1,031) |
| 2015-16 | 1,092 | 45 | 24.3:1 | 96% (1,050) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | 52% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 1,309 | 66 | 19.8:1 | 98% (1,289) |
| 1990-91 | 1,231 | 55 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ninety-Third Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,065 to 772); teachers down 7% (44 to 41).
About Ninety-Third Street Elementary
Ninety-Third Street Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Los Angeles, California. The school enrolls 772 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Federal data list 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified, with 406,887 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Ninety-Third Street Elementary is 81% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% Black and 5% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.8:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 28 points.
Ninety-Third Street Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of California public elementary schools.
Ninety-Third Street Elementary scores 27.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.4%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Ninety-Third Street Elementary's nearest public school is Watts Learning Center Charter Middle (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ninety-Third Street Elementary is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Ninety-Third Street Elementary's location as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 772, compared with 939 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.4:1 to 18.8:1.
The allk12 page for Ninety-Third Street Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Ninety-Third Street ElementaryHow large is Ninety-Third Street Elementary?
Ninety-Third Street Elementary enrolls approximately 772 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ninety-Third Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ninety-Third Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ninety-Third Street Elementary have?
Ninety-Third Street Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is Ninety-Third Street Elementary?
Ninety-Third Street Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ninety-Third Street Elementary?
Ninety-Third Street Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.