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Alumni: what's one memory from Normandie Avenue Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003228
Normandie Avenue Elementary
4505 South Raymond Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90037 · (323) 294-5171 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
16.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
496 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
27%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
Normandie Avenue Elementary→Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy
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
21.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.6pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 15.3% | 20.9% | 57.5% |
| Math | 6.2% | 17.0% | 22.8% | 54.0% |
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 | 21.6% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 22.2% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.5% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 20.9% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 23.7% | 18.6% |
| 2016-17 | 26.3% | 20.2% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Normandie Avenue Elementary
Normandie Avenue Elementary's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normandie Avenue Elementary this school | 509 | 97.4% | 22.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary San Bernardino | 531 | 98.1% | 13.5% |
| Peres Elementary Richmond | 538 | 95.0% | 8.2% |
| Gerald A. Lawson Acad of the Arts Math and Sci Los Angeles | 480 | 98.5% | 18.1% |
| One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 574 | 96.0% | 44.0% |
| Edgemont Elementary Moreno Valley | 482 | 97.1% | 14.4% |
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 Normandie Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,297 of 5,151 | #1,034 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #3,979 of 5,172 ▼ 50 | #995 of 1,129 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #4,747 of 5,172 ▼ 273 | #1,095 of 1,129 ▼ 53 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,136 of 5,116 | #364 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #2,319 of 5,915 | #470 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #77 of 5,352 | #20 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #4,078 of 5,354 | #764 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #148 of 5,625 | #85 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #132 of 3,837 | #67 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
509
-181 (-26%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,392
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 97% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 30.5 | 18.0:1 | 97% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 96% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 34 | 20.3:1 | 96% (661) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 39 | 22.0:1 | 94% (809) |
| 2015-16 | 868 | 38 | 22.8:1 | 93% (810) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | N/A | N/A | 54% (527) |
| 2000-01 | 1,242 | 66 | 18.8:1 | 94% (1,162) |
| 1990-91 | 1,392 | 55 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Normandie Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (859 to 509); teachers down 21% (39 to 31).
About Normandie Avenue Elementary
Normandie Avenue Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, (ZIP code 90037). The school enrolls 509 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Normandie Avenue Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 84% of enrollment at Normandie Avenue Elementary. The remaining shares are 13% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.4:1. This ratio sits 5.9 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Normandie Avenue Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Normandie Avenue Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.9%, compared with a predicted 22.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
Nearest public school: KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Normandie Avenue Elementary's average proficiency of 22.9% compares with 17.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Normandie Avenue Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 26% from its 2020-21 level of 690. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.3:1 to 16.4:1.
The Normandie Avenue Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Normandie Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Normandie Avenue Elementary?
Normandie Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
Is Normandie Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Normandie Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Normandie Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Normandie Avenue Elementary.
How diverse is Normandie Avenue Elementary?
Normandie Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 84% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Normandie Avenue Elementary?
Normandie Avenue 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.