Parmelee Avenue Elementary

Parmelee Avenue Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, caters to 670 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Parmelee Avenue Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest reads as 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Parmelee Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parmelee Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 30.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Parmelee Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wisdom Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parmelee Avenue Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.4%.

Parmelee Avenue Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Parmelee Avenue Elementary's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 846 (now 670). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Parmelee Avenue Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.