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What's something One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003238
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary
1581 West 186th St., Gardena, CA 90248 · (310) 324-1153 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- BThree-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
19.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
500 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 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
45%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
41.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 11 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 | 22.9% | 21.8% | 26.2% | 29.1% |
| Math | 16.9% | 24.6% | 31.3% | 27.2% |
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 | 44.6% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 37.7% |
| 2022-23 | 42.4% | 35.5% |
| 2021-22 | 41.4% | 37.8% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 44.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.4% | 36.4% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary this school | 579 | 86.4% | 42.0% |
| El Dorado Elementary Stockton | 554 | 88.3% | 13.9% |
| Avalon Elementary Perris | 563 | 85.1% | 42.3% |
| Jefferson Hawthorne | 549 | 89.3% | 37.2% |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Moreno Valley | 639 | 85.8% | 39.0% |
| Richmond College Preparatory Richmond | 560 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,303 of 5,151 | #547 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,184 of 5,172 ▲ 188 | #540 of 1,129 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,487 of 5,172 ▼ 182 | #591 of 1,129 ▼ 64 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,118 of 5,116 | #566 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,571 of 5,915 | #308 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #638 of 5,352 | #194 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #3,117 of 5,354 | #521 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #1,538 of 5,625 | #567 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #587 of 3,837 | #250 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
579
-137 (-19%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 820
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 579 | 30 | 19.3:1 | 86% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 30 | 20.6:1 | 84% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 84% (543) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 33 | 21.7:1 | 81% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 36 | 22.7:1 | 81% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 35 | 22.9:1 | 82% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | N/A | N/A | 82% (622) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 46 | 19.3:1 | 83% (740) |
| 1990-91 | 820 | 31 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (818 to 579); teachers down 17% (36 to 30).
About One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Gardena, California. School enrollment was 579 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified, where 784 schools serve 406,887 students.
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary's enrollment is 72% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 14% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% White. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The school reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.3 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
allk12 grades One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 42.0% actual against 28.9% predicted.
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Nearest public school: Gardena Senior High, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary went from 716 students to 579. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2020-21 to 19.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary. 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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary?
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades KG-05.
Is One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary?
At One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 72% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary?
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth 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.