Richmond Street Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in El Segundo, California, Richmond Street Elementary enrolls 597 students from grades K through 5, run under El Segundo Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Richmond Street Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by El Segundo Unified, a district that hosts 3,462 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Richmond Street Elementary records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 7% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Richmond Street Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Richmond Street Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richmond Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.5%, the actual is 76.0%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Richmond Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

El Segundo High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richmond Street Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 76.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richmond Street Elementary has contracted 3%, going from 618 students in 2018 to 597 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 today.

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