Raymond Avenue Elementary

Raymond Avenue Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, teaches 457 students, covering grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Raymond Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Raymond Avenue Elementary shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 3% 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, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Raymond Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Raymond Avenue Elementary is one.

Gerald A. Lawson Acad of the Arts Math and Sci is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Raymond Avenue Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Raymond Avenue Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Raymond Avenue Elementary has decreased 18%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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