Short Avenue Elementary

Short Avenue Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, caters to 414 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Short Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Short Avenue Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 32% multiracial, 29% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Short Avenue Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Short Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 56.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Short Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Ocean Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Short Avenue Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Short Avenue Elementary's enrollment has grew 38% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 414). The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 51% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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