Shenandoah Street Elementary

Shenandoah Street Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. The school serves 331 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Shenandoah Street Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shenandoah Street Elementary reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Shenandoah Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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), Shenandoah Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shenandoah Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Alexander Hamilton Senior High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shenandoah Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shenandoah Street Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 93% to 87%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.