Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003354
Sierra Park Elementary
3170 Budau Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032 · (323) 223-1081 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
17.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
223 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 148% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
16%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
Sierra Park Elementary→El Sereno 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
32.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
31.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 21.4% | 28.6% | 38.9% |
| Math | 14.3% | 17.5% | 27.8% | 40.5% |
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 | 32.5% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 38.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 24.5% |
| 2018-19 | 40.9% | 30.7% |
| 2017-18 | 35.1% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.8% | 24.0% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Sierra Park Elementary
Sierra Park Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Park Elementary this school | 240 | 92.9% | 34.5% |
| Glassell Park ES Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet Los Angeles | 234 | 93.2% | 28.5% |
| Loreto Street Elementary Los Angeles | 250 | 92.0% | 31.3% |
| Vine Street Elementary Los Angeles | 237 | 91.1% | 44.1% |
| James Garfield Elementary Selma | 229 | 94.8% | 52.7% |
| Harrison Street Elementary Los Angeles | 229 | 95.2% | 27.8% |
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 Sierra Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,010 of 5,151 | #750 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,044 of 5,172 ▼ 714 | #794 of 1,129 ▼ 233 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,720 of 5,172 ▼ 971 | #911 of 1,129 ▼ 265 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #1,430 of 5,116 | #435 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #5,166 of 5,915 | #1,167 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #144 of 5,352 | #39 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #4,663 of 5,354 | #958 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #714 of 5,625 | #321 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #277 of 3,837 | #135 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
240
-92 (-28%) vs 2020
-80% since 1990-91, when it was 1,201
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 93% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | 92% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 92% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 92% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 88% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 87% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 48% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 1,131 | 57 | 19.8:1 | 67% (760) |
| 1990-91 | 1,201 | 47 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (371 to 240); teachers down 26% (19 to 14).
About Sierra Park Elementary
Sierra Park Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Los Angeles, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 240 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 48% smaller than average.
Los Angeles Unified operates 784 schools. Combined enrollment is 406,887 students.
Hispanic students make up 92% of enrollment at Sierra Park Elementary. The next largest groups are 3% Asian and 3% White. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 14 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.1:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 93%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Sierra Park Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sierra Park Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 34.5% actual against 25.1% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $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 is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The shortest distance from Sierra Park Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Cesar Chavez Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, higher than Sierra Park Elementary's 34.5%.
In the federal locale system, Sierra Park Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Sierra Park Elementary's enrollment dropped 28%, to 240. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Park ElementaryHow many students attend Sierra Park Elementary?
Sierra Park Elementary enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Sierra Park Elementary serve?
Sierra Park Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sierra Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sierra Park Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sierra Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Sierra Park Elementary are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sierra Park Elementary in?
Sierra Park Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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