Rosewood Avenue Elementary

Rosewood Avenue Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school hosts 218 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Rosewood Avenue Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that serves 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Rosewood Avenue Elementary records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 16% White, 16% Black, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Rosewood Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rosewood Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Rosewood Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Laurel Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosewood Avenue Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rosewood Avenue Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 24% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Rosewood Avenue Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.