Twentieth Street Elementary

Twentieth Street Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, works with 499 students in grades K through 5.

Twentieth Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Twentieth Street Elementary shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Twentieth Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 36.4%.

In the surrounding community, 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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Twentieth Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: McKinley, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Twentieth Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twentieth Street Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.