State Street Elementary

As an average-sized elementary school in South Gate, California, State Street Elementary enrolls 396 students from grades K through 5, operated by Los Angeles Unified.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, State Street Elementary lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, State Street Elementary shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at State Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, State Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.8%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), State Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Independence Elementary 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 State Street Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

State Street Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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