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Alumni: what's one memory from Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003409
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary
2807 Stanford Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011 · (323) 232-3496 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
452 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 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
8%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
27.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.2% | 13.1% | 26.1% | 53.6% |
| Math | 10.8% | 17.0% | 23.3% | 48.9% |
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 | 20.3% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 17.7% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 20.6% | 19.8% |
| 2018-19 | 19.4% | 22.3% |
| 2017-18 | 20.4% | 20.5% |
| 2016-17 | 18.4% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary this school | 459 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy Los Angeles | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary San Diego | 456 | 96.7% | 21.7% |
| Hawaiian Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 455 | 96.5% | 24.4% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary San Bernardino | 471 | 96.2% | 14.0% |
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 Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #4,141 of 5,151 | #1,008 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,445 of 5,172 ▲ 222 | #888 of 1,129 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #4,824 of 5,172 ▼ 585 | #1,103 of 1,129 ▼ 109 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #2,001 of 5,116 | #538 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #2,915 of 5,915 | #594 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #575 of 5,352 | #174 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #5,030 of 5,354 | #1,094 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #63 of 5,625 | #36 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #213 of 3,837 | #107 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
459
-136 (-23%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 1,724
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 98% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 98% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 29 | 20.5:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 31.5 | 23.2:1 | 96% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 30 | 25.5:1 | 95% (724) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | N/A | N/A | 55% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 1,991 | 95 | 21.0:1 | 98% (1,953) |
| 1990-91 | 1,724 | 66 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (732 to 459); teachers down 24% (31.5 to 24).
About Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary is an elementary school located in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 459 students enrolled.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Of all students at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary, 98% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary lands at C, ahead of 33% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 21.8%. Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary scores 24.4%, 2.6 points above that line.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary's nearest public school is Quincy Jones Elementary (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.6%; Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary's is 24.4%, ranking 4th of 4.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 459, down from 595 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.5 to 19.1 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Twenty-Eighth Street ElementaryHow many students attend Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary?
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary serve?
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary?
At Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary, the student body is approximately 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary?
Twenty-Eighth 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.