Union Avenue Elementary

As an expansive elementary school in Los Angeles, California, Union Avenue Elementary hosts 809 students from grades K through 5, run under Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 74% above typical.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Union Avenue Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Union Avenue Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Union Avenue Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at Union Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Union Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Belmont Senior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Union Avenue Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Union Avenue Elementary's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,105 (now 809).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.