One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary

One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Gardena, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, with 554 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 15% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Amestoy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 795 (now 554). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 83% to 78%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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