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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Taper Avenue Elementary?
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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003388
Taper Avenue Elementary
1824 Taper Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731 · (310) 832-3056 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
21.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
337 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 | 139 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
63%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Taper Avenue Elementary→Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
60.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.5% | 29.9% | 20.3% | 16.3% |
| Math | 32.6% | 27.9% | 23.6% | 15.9% |
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 | 63.5% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 56.9% |
| 2022-23 | 53.1% | 50.1% |
| 2021-22 | 56.2% | 46.0% |
| 2018-19 | 67.2% | 66.9% |
| 2017-18 | 67.5% | 63.7% |
| 2016-17 | 69.2% | 63.0% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Taper Avenue Elementary
Taper Avenue Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taper Avenue Elementary this school | 672 | 50.1% | 58.5% |
| Sulphur Springs Community Elementary Canyon Country | 586 | 49.7% | 47.4% |
| Bullard Talent Fresno | 744 | 47.0% | 52.8% |
| Skyblue Mesa Elementary Canyon Country | 569 | 48.9% | 45.2% |
| Frontier Elementary Hanford | 619 | 47.2% | 51.3% |
| Gardenhill Elementary La Mirada | 633 | 49.9% | 61.0% |
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 Taper Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,198 of 5,151 | #275 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,042 of 5,172 ▲ 100 | #247 of 1,129 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #1,120 of 5,172 ▲ 589 | #258 of 1,129 ▲ 114 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.9pp | #497 of 5,116 | #191 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #882 of 5,915 | #154 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,946 of 5,352 | #553 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,550 of 5,354 | #235 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #3,905 of 5,625 | #999 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #3,102 of 3,837 | #823 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
672
-66 (-9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 672 | 31 | 21.7:1 | 50% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 49% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 49% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | 47% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 30.5 | 23.6:1 | 51% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 27 | 24.0:1 | 46% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | N/A | N/A | 43% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 40% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 39 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taper Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (720 to 672); teachers up 2% (30.5 to 31).
About Taper Avenue Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in San Pedro, California, Taper Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified. Federal data show 672 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 45% bigger than average.
Los Angeles Unified (784 schools, 406,887 students) runs Taper Avenue Elementary.
The share of Hispanic students at Taper Avenue Elementary is 56%, a majority. Other students are 19% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 5% Black. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Teacher count: 31 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 21.7:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Taper Avenue Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Taper Avenue Elementary is 8.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 58.5% actual, 50.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Taper Avenue Elementary.
About 0.2 miles separate Taper Avenue Elementary from the closest public school, William J. Johnston Community Day. The five-mile area around Taper Avenue Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Taper Avenue Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 58.5% versus a 44.2% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 738 to 672.
The discussion board for Taper Avenue Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in San Pedro
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 1,355 students
- Port of Los Angeles HighHigh · 916 students
- Park Western Place ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Leland Street ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing ArtsElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- William J. Johnston Community Day0.2 mi · 57
- Park Western Place Elementary0.7 mi · 528
- Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle1.0 mi · 1,337
- Bandini Street Elementary1.1 mi · 232
- Crestwood Street STEAM Magnet1.2 mi · 289
- Barton Hill Elementary1.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Taper Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Taper Avenue Elementary?
Taper Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 672 students in grades KG-05.
Is Taper Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Taper Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Taper Avenue Elementary have?
Taper Avenue Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Taper Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Taper Avenue Elementary are roughly 19% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Taper Avenue Elementary?
Taper Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.