Richard Riordan Primary Center

Richard Riordan Primary Center, an one-room-style K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serves 136 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 71% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Richard Riordan Primary Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Richard Riordan Primary Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 7% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richard Riordan Primary Center sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.1%; actual is 49.0%, +15.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Richard Riordan Primary Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Monte Vista Street Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Richard Riordan Primary Center comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richard Riordan Primary Center has contracted 39%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 96% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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