Ramona Elementary

Set in Los Angeles, California, Ramona Elementary is a cozy primary school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. It instructs 277 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 40% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Ramona Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ramona Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ramona Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ramona Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.1%; this one delivers 29.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Ramona Elementary is one.

Kingsley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ramona Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ramona Elementary has fell 49%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 277 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.