Second Street Elementary

Second Street Elementary is a cozy elementary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school instructs 226 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Second Street Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Second Street Elementary shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Second Street Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.0%; Second Street Elementary posts 36.5%, +14.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Second Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Breed Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Second Street Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

Second Street Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 39%: 369 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Second Street Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.