Park Avenue Elementary

Park Avenue Elementary is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Cudahy, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, with 274 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Park Avenue Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that enrolls 406,887 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park Avenue Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Park Avenue Elementary shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Park Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.9%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Park Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Bell Gardens Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park Avenue Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park Avenue Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.3%.

Park Avenue Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Avenue Elementary has decreased 45%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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