Tweedy Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in South Gate, California, Tweedy Elementary serves 471 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tweedy Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Tweedy Elementary reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Tweedy Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Tweedy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 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), Tweedy Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: International Studies Lrng Center at Legacy High Sch Complex, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tweedy Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.9%.

Tweedy Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 662 students in 2018 compared to 471 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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