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What do students at Sharp Avenue Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003347
Sharp Avenue Elementary
13800 Pierce St., Arleta, CA 91331 · (818) 896-9573 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
405 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sharp Avenue Elementary→Pacoima Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
21.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 24.1% | 20.5% | 40.5% |
| Math | 10.0% | 11.5% | 32.0% | 46.5% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 17.3% |
| 2022-23 | 27.7% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.7% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 30.0% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Sharp Avenue Elementary
Sharp Avenue Elementary's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Avenue Elementary this school | 417 | 97.1% | 27.4% |
| Liberty Boulevard Elementary South Gate | 410 | 96.8% | 35.4% |
| N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts Los Angeles | 417 | 97.4% | N/A |
| McCord Elementary Orange Cove | 426 | 97.7% | 36.1% |
| Malabar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 418 | 96.7% | 34.0% |
| Radcliff Elementary Watsonville | 409 | 97.1% | 8.8% |
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 Sharp Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,813 of 5,151 | #946 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,160 of 5,172 ▲ 306 | #1,022 of 1,129 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,038 of 5,172 ▲ 627 | #733 of 1,129 ▲ 140 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #881 of 5,116 | #306 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #3,473 of 5,915 | #731 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,405 of 5,352 | #419 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #5,102 of 5,354 | #1,119 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #190 of 5,625 | #106 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.7% | #178 of 3,837 | #87 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 2024-25Enrollment
417
-105 (-20%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 1,328
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 417 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 97% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | 97% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 94% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 92% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 29 | 23.4:1 | 93% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 30 | 24.5:1 | 92% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | N/A | N/A | 90% (764) |
| 2000-01 | 1,139 | 60 | 19.0:1 | 93% (1,055) |
| 1990-91 | 1,328 | 51 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharp Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (680 to 417); teachers down 31% (29 to 20).
About Sharp Avenue Elementary
Sharp Avenue Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Arleta, California, one of the schools in Los Angeles Unified. It teaches 417 students in kindergarten through 5.
Sharp Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified, where 784 schools serve 406,887 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Sharp Avenue Elementary is Hispanic, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The diversity index for Sharp Avenue Elementary is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 20 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.9:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. About 97% of students at Sharp Avenue Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Sharp Avenue Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sharp Avenue Elementary is 4.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 27.4%. Predicted: 22.6%.
In Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Beachy Avenue Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Sharp Avenue Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sharp Avenue Elementary places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 20% across 4 years, from 522 in 2020-21 to 417 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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- Beachy Avenue Elementary0.5 mi · 398
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- Vena Avenue Elementary1.1 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Sharp Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Sharp Avenue Elementary?
Sharp Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sharp Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sharp Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sharp Avenue Elementary have?
Sharp Avenue Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Sharp Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Sharp Avenue Elementary are roughly 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Sharp Avenue Elementary?
Sharp Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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