Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003241
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary
2100 West 156th St., Gardena, CA 90249 · (310) 324-6639 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
240 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 94% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
72%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
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
62.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.9% | 26.1% | 20.6% | 10.3% |
| Math | 35.3% | 27.2% | 25.5% | 12.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 58.3% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 61.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 48.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 56.1% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 59.0% |
| 2016-17 | 65.0% | 61.1% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in California's top 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 Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary this school | 353 | 68.0% | 62.8% |
| Holmes Elementary Lakewood | 378 | 71.2% | 60.5% |
| Jack London Elementary Antioch | 446 | 76.9% | 18.0% |
| Lone Tree Elementary Antioch | 518 | 72.8% | 23.4% |
| Vallejo Charter Vallejo | 350 | 72.3% | 17.6% |
| Grant Elementary Antioch | 478 | 77.4% | 19.5% |
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 Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #987 of 5,151 | #227 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #945 of 5,172 ▲ 139 | #216 of 1,129 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #790 of 5,172 ▲ 181 | #180 of 1,129 ▲ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #657 of 5,116 | #245 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #4,244 of 5,915 | #921 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,353 of 5,352 | #406 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #407 of 5,354 | #70 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #3,070 of 5,625 | #869 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #3,271 of 3,837 | #846 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
353
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 353 | 17 | 20.8:1 | 68% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 16.5 | 21.7:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 16.5 | 21.3:1 | 65% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | 64% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 16 | 23.3:1 | 65% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | N/A | N/A | 56% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 19 | 19.6:1 | 39% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (373 to 353); teachers up 6% (16 to 17).
About One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary, located in Gardena, California, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 353 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is in Los Angeles Unified, a district with 406,887 students across 784 schools.
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 41%. Other students are 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 7% White. The chance that two students picked at random at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Teachers at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary total 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 68%. That is close to the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.1 points (62.8% versus 39.7%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
The nearest other public school, Chapman Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary. One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 353, 6% below the 374 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 20.8 students per teacher, compared with 22.0 in 2020-21.
The One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street ElementaryHow large is One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary?
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-06.
Is One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary.
What is the student diversity at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary?
Student demographics at One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary are roughly 7% White, 41% Hispanic, 28% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary in?
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.