One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary

Located at 1605 West 153rd St., in Gardena, California, One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary is an intimate K-5 school that caters to 363 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 29.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

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-Third Street Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary has declined 12%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 27% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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