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Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet

1303 Yosemite Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90041 · (323) 255-6793 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of California public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • A-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

Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
151 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6119%
Grade 14113%
Grade 24313%
Grade 33912%
Grade 44614%
Grade 54915%
Grade 64614%

This year's kindergarten class (61) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (46).

Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
7122%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
17654%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
3511%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
4012%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
15949%
Female
16651%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet→Eagle Rock High
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
66.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +27.9pp since 2014
Math
62.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +31.2pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 28 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts36.0%30.8%15.7%17.4%
Math36.6%25.6%20.4%17.4%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2566.9%62.2%
2023-2464.4%59.3%
2022-2358.4%57.8%
2021-2262.1%53.2%
2018-1954.8%47.5%
2017-1856.5%48.5%
2016-1749.0%40.1%
2015-1643.0%32.0%
2014-1539.0%31.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet

Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet this school32546.5%63.2%
Hermosa Drive Elementary
Fullerton
30248.7%55.3%
Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts - Chino Valley
Chino
30546.2%N/A
John Adams Elementary
Torrance
34349.0%56.8%
Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary
Fresno
31244.9%57.8%
Ellwood Elementary
Goleta
30343.6%49.7%
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 Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
63.2%#962 of 5,151#220 of 1,126
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
62.2%#954 of 5,172
▲ 98
#218 of 1,129
▲ 19
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
66.9%#914 of 5,172
▲ 75
#204 of 1,129
▲ 18
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+6.9pp#1,157 of 5,116#370 of 1,116
Enrollment
ranked largest first
325#4,523 of 5,915#994 of 1,300
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
21.7:1#1,936 of 5,352#551 of 1,213
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.2%#1,473 of 5,354#231 of 1,214
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.5%#4,062 of 5,625#1,022 of 1,276
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.7%#2,858 of 3,837#771 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 2024-25
Enrollment
325
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253251521.7:146% (151)
2023-243161422.6:147% (148)
2022-232981421.3:145% (133)
2020-213341522.3:150% (167)
2017-183561523.7:161% (216)
2015-163291325.3:164% (210)
2010-11279N/AN/A67% (188)
2000-013201620.0:169% (222)
1990-913011323.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (356 to 325); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).

About Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet

Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is a small elementary school with an address in Los Angeles, California. The school enrolls 325 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.

Los Angeles Unified, which runs Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet, has 784 schools and 406,887 students.

More than half of the students at Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet are Hispanic (54%). The rest of enrollment is 22% White, 12% multiracial, and 11% Asian. The diversity index for Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

For every teacher at Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet, there are about 21.7 students; the school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 46%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.

Among California public elementary schools, Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

The model predicts 52.3% for a school in California with Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet's free or reduced-price lunch share. Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet posts 63.2%.

In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.

Dahlia Heights Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.

The federal government classifies Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet's location as City: Large.

Federal enrollment counts decreased from 334 (2020-21) to 325 (2024-25).

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Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
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

Quick facts

School name
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet
District
Los Angeles Unified
Address
1303 Yosemite Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90041
Phone
(323) 255-6793
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
325
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
21.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
151 (46%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
062271003312
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet
How many students attend Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet?
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-06.
Is Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet have?
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet?
Student demographics at Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet are roughly 22% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet in?
Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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