Stanford Primary Center

Stanford Primary Center operates as a very small elementary-level community in South Gate, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grade K. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Stanford Primary Center is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that instructs 406,887 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Stanford Primary Center records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Stanford Primary Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at Stanford Primary Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Stanford Primary Center is one.

Stanford Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 42%: 193 students in 2018 compared to 112 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Stanford Primary Center community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.