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Sixty-First Street Elementary

6020 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 759-1138 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
535 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten
130
Grade 1
81
Grade 2
68
Grade 3
88
Grade 4
68
Grade 5
62
Grade 6
44
Student demographics
White
71%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 20%
Hispanic
46085%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 56%
Black
5210%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12%
Two+
204%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
29154%
Female
25046%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Sixty-First Street ElementaryMary McLeod Bethune Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
41.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.8pp since 2014
Math
47.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +33.5pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 34 points.

Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
541
-78 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.7:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
85%
was 85%
% Black
10%
was 12%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Sixty-First Street Elementary

Sixty-First Street Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 541 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Sixty-First Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sixty-First Street Elementary records that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 10% Black, 4% multiracial. 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 lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sixty-First Street Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 37.7%, a residual of +16.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sixty-First Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Scholar Academy 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 Sixty-First Street Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 22.5%.

Sixty-First Street Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Sixty-First Street Elementary typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Sixty-First Street Elementary
District
Los Angeles Unified
Address
6020 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90003
Phone
(323) 759-1138
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
541
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
19.3:1
Free/Reduced lunch
535 (99%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
062271003358
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Sixty-First Street Elementary
How large is Sixty-First Street Elementary?
Sixty-First Street Elementary enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sixty-First Street Elementary serve?
Sixty-First Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sixty-First Street Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Sixty-First Street Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sixty-First Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Sixty-First Street Elementary are roughly 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sixty-First Street Elementary in?
Sixty-First Street Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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