Enrollment
186
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003362
Soto Street Elementary
1020 South Soto St., Los Angeles, CA 90023 · (323) 262-6513 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
162 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 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
10%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +33.5pp since 2014
Math
46.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +32.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 34 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.7% | 35.8% | 21.1% | 28.4% |
| Math | 15.5% | 30.9% | 24.7% | 28.9% |
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 | 50.5% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 32.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.5% | 24.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.7% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 39.6% |
| 2017-18 | 30.0% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 26.1% | 17.1% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% 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 →
Schools most like Soto Street Elementary
Soto Street Elementary's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soto Street Elementary this school | 186 | 87.1% | 44.4% |
| Lake Marie Elementary Whittier | 186 | 87.1% | 34.1% |
| Monte Vista Street Elementary Los Angeles | 181 | 88.4% | 31.4% |
| Malaga Elementary Fresno | 192 | 89.1% | 33.1% |
| Tranquillity Elementary Tranquillity | 209 | 88.0% | 18.9% |
| Mountain View San Diego | 195 | 87.2% | 30.2% |
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 Soto Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,112 of 5,151 | #496 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,827 of 5,172 ▲ 979 | #439 of 1,129 ▲ 255 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1,986 of 5,172 ▲ 304 | #453 of 1,129 ▲ 70 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.3pp | #135 of 5,116 | #58 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #5,404 of 5,915 | #1,225 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #1,459 of 5,625 | #551 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,956 of 3,837 | #793 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
186
-22 (-11%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 186 | 12 | 15.5:1 | 87% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 12 | 17.1:1 | 88% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 97% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 13 | 16.0:1 | 96% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 11 | 18.4:1 | 95% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 199 | 12 | 16.6:1 | 96% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | N/A | N/A | 47% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 99% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soto Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (202 to 186); teachers up 9% (11 to 12).
About Soto Street Elementary
Federal records list Soto Street Elementary as an elementary school in Los Angeles, California. It educates 186 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Los Angeles Unified is made up of 784 schools with 406,887 students in all.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Soto Street Elementary, with 95% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% White. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Soto Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
At Soto Street Elementary, 12 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.5:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 87% of enrollment. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Soto Street Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Soto Street Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.5% with an actual 44.4%.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
KIPP Promesa Prep is the public school closest to Soto Street Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Soto Street Elementary saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for Soto Street Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Soto Street ElementaryHow many students attend Soto Street Elementary?
Soto Street Elementary enrolls approximately 186 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Soto Street Elementary serve?
Soto Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Soto Street Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Soto Street Elementary is approximately 15.5:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Soto Street Elementary?
Soto Street Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Soto Street Elementary?
Soto Street Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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