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Which teacher or staff member at Telfair Avenue Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003391
Telfair Avenue Elementary
10975 Telfair Ave., Pacoima, CA 91331 · (818) 896-7411 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
19.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
493 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 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
7%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
31.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.5pp since 2014
Math
31.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 17.5% | 21.0% | 47.5% |
| Math | 10.8% | 20.9% | 26.6% | 41.7% |
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 | 31.5% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 28.9% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.6% | 16.0% |
| 2018-19 | 25.9% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 27.7% | 16.6% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 18.7% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Telfair Avenue Elementary
Telfair Avenue Elementary's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telfair Avenue Elementary this school | 534 | 92.3% | 30.7% |
| Woodlawn Avenue Elementary Bell | 523 | 92.2% | 33.0% |
| Martin Van Buren Elementary Indio | 533 | 92.5% | 36.1% |
| Walter Zimmerman Elementary Bloomington | 512 | 92.0% | 25.9% |
| Montara Avenue Elementary South Gate | 554 | 93.3% | 43.4% |
| Philadelphia Elementary Pomona | 535 | 92.0% | 23.8% |
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 Telfair Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #3,424 of 5,151 | #855 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,058 of 5,172 ▲ 137 | #798 of 1,129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,821 of 5,172 ▼ 141 | #934 of 1,129 ▼ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.8pp | #327 of 5,116 | #127 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,044 of 5,915 | #410 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #555 of 5,352 | #169 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #5,089 of 5,354 | #1,114 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #796 of 5,625 | #347 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #992 of 3,837 | #380 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
534
-127 (-19%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,511
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 92% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 91% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 95% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 30 | 22.0:1 | 94% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 32 | 22.0:1 | 93% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 34 | 24.1:1 | 92% (755) |
| 2010-11 | 1,042 | N/A | N/A | 88% (918) |
| 2000-01 | 1,304 | 65 | 20.1:1 | 92% (1,195) |
| 1990-91 | 1,511 | 62 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Telfair Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (703 to 534); teachers down 12% (32 to 28).
About Telfair Avenue Elementary
Students in Pacoima, California, attend Telfair Avenue Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 534 students enrolled.
Across its 784 schools, Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students. Telfair Avenue Elementary is one of those schools.
Telfair Avenue Elementary is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Telfair Avenue Elementary scores 7%.
Staffing at Telfair Avenue Elementary comes to 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Telfair Avenue Elementary counts 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, Telfair Avenue Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Telfair Avenue Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.7% is 5.2 points above the 25.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Telfair Avenue Elementary.
Mission Continuation is the nearest public school to Telfair Avenue Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Telfair Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Telfair Avenue Elementary is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 534, down from 661 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 22.0 in 2020-21 to 19.1 in 2024-25.
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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 Telfair Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Telfair Avenue Elementary?
Telfair Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
Is Telfair Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Telfair Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Telfair Avenue Elementary have?
Telfair Avenue Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Telfair Avenue Elementary?
At Telfair Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Telfair Avenue Elementary?
Telfair 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.