Solano Avenue Elementary

Solano Avenue Elementary operates as a cozy elementary school in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 198 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Solano Avenue Elementary sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Solano Avenue Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Solano Avenue Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Asian, 17% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Solano Avenue Elementary lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Solano Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Solano Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Solano Avenue Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.9%; Solano Avenue Elementary posts 62.4%, +23.5 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Solano Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Solano Avenue Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 35% to 25%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.