One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary

One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Gardena, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, hosts 353 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary sits 24% below that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, 7% White.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street 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 39.0%; One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary posts 60.0%, +21.0 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Chapman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary has fell 5%, going from 373 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.