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What's the most underrated thing about South Park Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
825
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003365
South Park Elementary
8510 Towne Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90003 · (323) 753-4591 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL825 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
21.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
807 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 154 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (154) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
26%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
24.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.7pp since 2014
Math
22.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 17.2% | 20.4% | 54.8% |
| Math | 6.5% | 15.8% | 24.6% | 53.0% |
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 | 24.7% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 17.7% |
| 2022-23 | 18.7% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 14.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.7% | 21.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.4% | 13.9% |
| 2016-17 | 23.6% | 18.5% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 South Park Elementary
South Park Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park Elementary this school | 825 | 97.8% | 21.1% |
| Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 752 | 96.8% | 30.3% |
| Ninety-Third Street Elementary Los Angeles | 772 | 97.5% | 27.6% |
| College Heights Elementary Bakersfield | 761 | 94.7% | 13.5% |
| Longfellow Elementary Bakersfield | 780 | 95.8% | 12.7% |
| Charlotte N. Werner Elementary Rialto | 739 | 91.3% | 20.7% |
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 South Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,478 of 5,151 | #1,066 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,067 of 5,172 ▲ 357 | #1,011 of 1,129 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,509 of 5,172 ▲ 228 | #1,057 of 1,129 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #1,222 of 5,116 | #387 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 825 | #318 of 5,915 | #52 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,600 of 5,352 | #477 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #4,117 of 5,354 | #777 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #112 of 5,625 | #64 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #1,644 of 3,837 | #550 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
825
-137 (-14%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,093
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 825 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 98% (807) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 40.5 | 20.6:1 | 96% (803) |
| 2022-23 | 885 | 40 | 22.1:1 | 97% (859) |
| 2020-21 | 962 | 41 | 23.5:1 | 97% (935) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 42 | 23.9:1 | 95% (958) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 43 | 24.7:1 | 94% (1,000) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | N/A | N/A | 87% (807) |
| 2000-01 | 1,090 | 57 | 19.1:1 | 99% (1,074) |
| 1990-91 | 1,093 | 48 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,006 to 825); teachers down 7% (42 to 39).
About South Park Elementary
South Park Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Los Angeles, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 825 students enrolled. That is 77% above the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified counts 406,887 students in its 784 schools, and South Park Elementary is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, South Park Elementary is 85% Hispanic. Other groups make up 11% Black and 3% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at South Park Elementary are from different groups.
South Park Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.2 students per teacher. At South Park Elementary, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 28 points lower.
Among California public elementary schools, South Park Elementary outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 22.2%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include South Park Elementary.
Watts Learning Center Charter Middle is about 0.3 miles from South Park Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, South Park Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes South Park Elementary as City: Large.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 962 in 2020-21 to 825 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to South Park Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Other South Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named South Park Elementary. South Park Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- South Park ElementaryMemphis, TN · 462 students
- South Park Elementary SchoolDeerfield, IL · 424 students
- South Park ElementaryVICKSBURG, MS · 351 students
- South Park Elementary - 03Belle Fourche, SD · 347 students
- South Park Elementary - 16Rapid City, SD · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Watts Learning Center Charter Middle0.3 mi · 400
- Mervyn M. Dymally High0.3 mi · 654
- John Hope Continuation0.5 mi · 87
- McKinley Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 474
- Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary0.6 mi · 669
- John C. Fremont Senior High0.7 mi · 1,889
Frequently asked questions
About South Park ElementaryHow many students attend South Park Elementary?
South Park Elementary enrolls approximately 825 students in grades KG-06.
Is South Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does South Park Elementary have?
South Park Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at South Park Elementary?
Student demographics at South Park Elementary are roughly 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is South Park Elementary public or private?
South Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.