Walgrove Avenue Elementary

Walgrove Avenue Elementary, a small elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, educates 271 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Walgrove Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Walgrove Avenue Elementary records that 32% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% White, 28% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Walgrove Avenue Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Walgrove Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Walgrove Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walgrove Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 50.4%.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Walgrove Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mark Twain Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walgrove Avenue Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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