Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003305
Richland Avenue Elementary
11562 Richland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064 · (310) 473-0467 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
21.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
50 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 | 83 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 246% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
82.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +47.2pp since 2014
Math
78.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +44.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 47 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.6% | 33.6% | 11.2% | 6.5% |
| Math | 46.7% | 31.8% | 15.9% | 5.6% |
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 | 82.2% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 77.3% |
| 2022-23 | 80.2% | 72.6% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 69.8% |
| 2018-19 | 57.7% | 63.6% |
| 2017-18 | 54.6% | 59.2% |
| 2016-17 | 44.1% | 30.4% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Richland Avenue Elementary
Richland Avenue Elementary's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Avenue Elementary this school | 280 | 17.9% | 75.2% |
| Silver Strand Elementary Coronado | 324 | 24.7% | 77.3% |
| New Traditions Elementary San Francisco | 259 | 22.8% | 78.4% |
| Malibu Elementary Malibu | 242 | 19.4% | 63.1% |
| Novato Charter Novato | 269 | 16.0% | N/A |
| Stone Bridge Napa | 278 | 18.3% | N/A |
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 Richland Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #424 of 5,151 | #93 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #291 of 5,172 ▲ 37 | #64 of 1,129 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #183 of 5,172 ▲ 471 | #45 of 1,129 ▲ 100 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #1,199 of 5,116 | #381 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #4,925 of 5,915 | #1,109 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,849 of 5,352 | #534 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #2,363 of 5,354 | #367 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #5,216 of 5,625 | #1,220 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #3,636 of 3,837 | #916 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
280
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 280 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 12 | 21.0:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 14.5 | 20.5:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 23% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 14 | 20.4:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 12 | 20.5:1 | 64% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | N/A | N/A | 66% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 77% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 19 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (286 to 280); teachers down 7% (14 to 13).
About Richland Avenue Elementary
In Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles County, Richland Avenue Elementary is an elementary school. The latest federal count shows 280 students in kindergarten through 7. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 40% lower.
Los Angeles Unified, which runs Richland Avenue Elementary, has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
At Richland Avenue Elementary, White students make up 65% of the student body. Next come 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 31% White. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.5:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Richland Avenue Elementary reports 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Richland Avenue Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Richland Avenue Elementary would be expected to post about 69.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Citizens of the World Charter School Mar Vista is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Richland Avenue Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 301. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.8:1 to 21.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Richland Avenue Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Richland Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Richland Avenue Elementary?
Richland Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 280 students in grades KG-07.
Is Richland Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richland Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richland Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richland Avenue Elementary is approximately 21.5:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Richland Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Richland Avenue Elementary are roughly 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Richland Avenue Elementary?
Richland Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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