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What's the biggest difference between Twentieth Street Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003408
Twentieth Street Elementary
1358 East Walnut St., Los Angeles, CA 90011 · (213) 747-7151 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
22.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
477 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 | 112 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
15%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Twentieth Street Elementary→Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.2pp since 2014
Math
38.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.7% | 22.5% | 27.3% | 33.5% |
| Math | 17.8% | 20.8% | 29.4% | 32.0% |
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 | 39.2% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 34.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 35.7% | 25.2% |
| 2018-19 | 43.9% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 44.8% | 42.3% |
| 2016-17 | 33.3% | 35.7% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Twentieth Street Elementary
Twentieth Street Elementary's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twentieth Street Elementary this school | 499 | 95.6% | 37.7% |
| Wadsworth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 506 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary San Bernardino | 512 | 94.9% | 29.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Paramount | 502 | 94.4% | 44.8% |
| Judith F. Baca Arts Academy Los Angeles | 495 | 97.8% | 31.3% |
| Graciano Gomez Elementary San Bernardino | 481 | 97.1% | 20.1% |
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 Twentieth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,696 of 5,151 | #663 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #2,402 of 5,172 ▲ 202 | #602 of 1,129 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #3,011 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #726 of 1,129 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #852 of 5,116 | #298 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #2,443 of 5,915 | #492 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,740 of 5,352 | #707 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #4,680 of 5,354 | #967 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #372 of 5,625 | #188 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #1,651 of 3,837 | #552 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
499
-80 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 96% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 92% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 96% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 97% (560) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 25.5 | 23.8:1 | 97% (589) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 25 | 24.0:1 | 98% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | N/A | N/A | 55% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 937 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 100% (934) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 31 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twentieth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (608 to 499); teachers down 14% (25.5 to 22).
About Twentieth Street Elementary
Students in Los Angeles, California, attend Twentieth Street Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 499 students.
Los Angeles Unified (784 schools, 406,887 students) runs Twentieth Street Elementary.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Twentieth Street Elementary, with 92% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Black and 2% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Twentieth Street Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.7:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Twentieth Street Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Twentieth Street Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.7%; the prediction is 23.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The closest public school, McKinley, is about 1.0 miles from Twentieth Street Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Twentieth Street Elementary places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Twentieth Street Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Twentieth Street Elementary went from 579 students to 499.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Twentieth Street ElementaryHow large is Twentieth Street Elementary?
Twentieth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 499 students in grades KG-05.
Is Twentieth Street Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Twentieth Street Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Twentieth Street Elementary?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Twentieth Street Elementary.
How diverse is Twentieth Street Elementary?
Twentieth Street Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Twentieth Street Elementary?
Twentieth Street 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.