Teresa Hughes Elementary

Teresa Hughes Elementary is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Cudahy, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serveing 515 students in grades K through 6.

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

Demographically, Teresa Hughes Elementary reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Teresa Hughes Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 21.9%; Teresa Hughes Elementary posts 39.0%, +17.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Teresa Hughes Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jaime Escalante Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Teresa Hughes Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 783 students in 2018 compared to 515 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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