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Which teacher or staff member at Tulita Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 060003204960
Tulita Elementary
1520 Prospect Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277 · (310) 798-8628 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% 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.
- 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
22.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
70 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 153 | 35% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 147% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
75.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.0pp since 2014
Math
82.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.7% | 27.3% | 14.2% | 10.8% |
| Math | 57.1% | 25.4% | 11.9% | 5.7% |
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 | 75.0% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 82.8% |
| 2022-23 | 76.5% | 77.9% |
| 2021-22 | 70.5% | 73.3% |
| 2018-19 | 83.2% | 85.6% |
| 2017-18 | 83.2% | 83.6% |
| 2016-17 | 85.1% | 85.5% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Tulita Elementary
Tulita Elementary's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulita Elementary this school | 443 | 15.8% | 79.2% |
| Valley View Elementary Rocklin | 414 | 15.2% | 77.7% |
| Overland Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 485 | 14.0% | 88.8% |
| Kensington Elementary Kensington | 473 | 14.2% | 78.0% |
| Ortega Elementary Pacifica | 404 | 13.6% | 51.4% |
| Beryl Heights Elementary Redondo Beach | 422 | 13.0% | 73.3% |
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 Tulita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #259 of 5,151 | #57 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #156 of 5,172 ▼ 11 | #29 of 1,129 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #495 of 5,172 ▼ 91 | #113 of 1,129 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #1,147 of 5,116 | #366 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,113 of 5,915 | #646 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,294 of 5,352 | #629 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #811 of 5,354 | #134 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #5,283 of 5,625 | #1,232 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #2,337 of 3,837 | #669 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
443
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 19.3 | 22.4:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 20 | 25.4:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | N/A | N/A | 20% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 14% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tulita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (507 to 443); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About Tulita Elementary
Tulita Elementary is an elementary school in Redondo Beach, California, according to federal school records. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 443 students enrolled.
Redondo Beach Unified is the local district for Tulita Elementary. It runs 14 schools with 9,454 students.
At Tulita Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, and 14% Asian. County-wide, 31% of Los Angeles County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tulita Elementary is 22.1:1, based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Tulita Elementary counts 16% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Tulita Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Tulita Elementary is 8.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 79.2% actual, 70.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, 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. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Tulita Elementary among them.
The closest school to Tulita Elementary is Alta Vista Elementary, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Tulita Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 442 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 443. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.1:1.
People who know Tulita Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Redondo Beach Unified
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Redondo Beach
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Alta Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 547
- Seaside Elementary0.7 mi · 548
- Calle Mayor Middle0.8 mi · 626
- Edward J. Richardson Middle0.9 mi · 651
- Riviera Elementary0.9 mi · 611
- South High0.9 mi · 1,734
Frequently asked questions
About Tulita ElementaryHow large is Tulita Elementary?
Tulita Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tulita Elementary serve?
Tulita Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tulita Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Tulita Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tulita Elementary?
At Tulita Elementary, the student body is approximately 47% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Tulita Elementary public or private?
Tulita Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Redondo Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.