San Miguel Elementary

San Miguel Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in South Gate, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 677 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), San Miguel Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, San Miguel Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at San Miguel Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, San Miguel Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. San Miguel Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bryson Avenue Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, San Miguel Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Miguel Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 934 students in 2018 to 677 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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