Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003269
Park Avenue Elementary
8020 Park Ave., Cudahy, CA 90201 · (323) 832-1860 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
21.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
258 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 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 97% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
5%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
Park Avenue Elementary→Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
22.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.0% | 23.2% | 24.6% | 44.2% |
| Math | 7.3% | 15.2% | 29.0% | 48.5% |
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 | 31.2% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.8% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 23.7% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 30.3% | 30.7% |
| 2017-18 | 23.4% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 17.8% | 18.3% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Park Avenue Elementary
Park Avenue Elementary's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Elementary this school | 274 | 94.2% | 23.3% |
| Garfield Elementary Menlo Park | 280 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Grayson Elementary Westley | 266 | 92.5% | 14.6% |
| Pomona Elementary Costa Mesa | 264 | 94.3% | 29.1% |
| Huntington Park Elementary Huntington Park | 261 | 95.4% | 31.9% |
| Marianna Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 281 | 92.2% | 35.3% |
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 Park Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #4,260 of 5,151 | #1,028 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,051 of 5,172 ▲ 441 | #1,010 of 1,129 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,859 of 5,172 ▲ 439 | #947 of 1,129 ▲ 58 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #1,399 of 5,116 | #427 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,966 of 5,915 | #1,120 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,551 of 5,352 | #462 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.0% | #5,198 of 5,354 | #1,162 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #554 of 5,625 | #263 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.5% | #81 of 3,837 | #41 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
274
-98 (-26%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 1,054
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 274 | 13 | 21.1:1 | 94% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 13 | 21.9:1 | 91% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 96% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 15 | 24.8:1 | 94% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 94% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 92% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 45% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 1,057 | 55 | 19.2:1 | 99% (1,044) |
| 1990-91 | 1,054 | 46 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (494 to 274); teachers down 41% (22 to 13).
About Park Avenue Elementary
Park Avenue Elementary is one of the public schools in Cudahy, California. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 274 students in kindergarten through 6. The school is 41% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Federal data list 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified, with 406,887 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Park Avenue Elementary is 97% Hispanic. Next come 2% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Park Avenue Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Park Avenue Elementary would be expected to post about 24.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.3%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Park Avenue Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bell Gardens Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Park Avenue Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Park Avenue Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
A 26% decrease took enrollment from 372 in 2020-21 to 274 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.8:1 to 21.1:1.
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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
Quick facts
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Other Park Avenue Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Park Avenue Elementary. Park Avenue Elementary is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Park Avenue ElementaryYuba City, CA · 541 students
- Park Avenue ElementaryWebster, MA · 738 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUTTGART, AR · 641 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolMount Gilead, OH · 475 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolFreehold, NJ · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Bell Gardens Elementary0.3 mi · 624
- Elizabeth Learning Center0.6 mi · 1,257
- Ellen Ochoa Learning Center0.6 mi · 1,052
- Bell Gardens Intermediate0.8 mi · 790
- Jaime Escalante Elementary1.0 mi · 453
- Aspire Firestone Academy Charter1.1 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Park Avenue ElementaryHow large is Park Avenue Elementary?
Park Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Park Avenue Elementary serve?
Park Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary is approximately 21.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Park Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Park Avenue Elementary are roughly 0% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Park Avenue Elementary public or private?
Park Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.