Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003442
Walgrove Avenue Elementary
1630 Walgrove Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066 · (310) 391-7104 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
105 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 82 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 116% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
73%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
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
51.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
45.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.2% | 20.2% | 14.7% | 33.9% |
| Math | 23.9% | 22.0% | 11.9% | 42.2% |
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 | 51.4% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 38.9% | 30.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.1% | 30.6% |
| 2018-19 | 55.0% | 42.0% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 28.6% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Walgrove Avenue Elementary
Walgrove Avenue Elementary's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walgrove Avenue Elementary this school | 271 | 38.7% | 49.3% |
| White Point Elementary San Pedro | 314 | 38.9% | 56.0% |
| Playa del Rey Elementary Culver City | 272 | 41.9% | 65.8% |
| Lone Tree Elementary Beale AFB | 305 | 48.5% | 50.6% |
| Webster (Daniel) Elementary San Francisco | 354 | 30.5% | 56.6% |
| Temecula International Academy Temecula | 285 | 26.7% | N/A |
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 Walgrove Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,756 of 5,151 | #394 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,865 of 5,172 ▼ 259 | #452 of 1,129 ▼ 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,930 of 5,172 ▼ 64 | #437 of 1,129 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.3pp | #368 of 5,116 | #139 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #4,986 of 5,915 | #1,126 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,395 of 5,352 | #416 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #291 of 5,354 | #45 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #4,385 of 5,625 | #1,077 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #3,369 of 3,837 | #863 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
271
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 271 | 13 | 20.8:1 | 39% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 36% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 36% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 36% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 16.5 | 17.2:1 | 45% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 42% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | N/A | N/A | 42% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 85% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walgrove Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (284 to 271); teachers down 21% (16.5 to 13).
About Walgrove Avenue Elementary
In Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles County, Walgrove Avenue Elementary is an elementary school. It had 271 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 42% below average.
Los Angeles Unified counts 784 schools and 406,887 students, including Walgrove Avenue Elementary.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Walgrove Avenue Elementary is Hispanic, with 32% of students. Other groups include 29% White, 28% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for Walgrove Avenue Elementary is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 13 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.8:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 39%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Walgrove Avenue Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Walgrove Avenue Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 49.3% actual against 56.8% predicted.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Walgrove Avenue Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Walgrove Avenue Elementary's nearest public school is Mark Twain Middle (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Walgrove Avenue Elementary. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walgrove Avenue Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Walgrove Avenue Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 255 (2020-21) to 271 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.8:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
The Walgrove Avenue Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Walgrove Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Walgrove Avenue Elementary?
Walgrove Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 271 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Walgrove Avenue Elementary serve?
Walgrove Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Walgrove Avenue Elementary have?
Walgrove Avenue Elementary employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
How diverse is Walgrove Avenue Elementary?
Walgrove Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 28% Two or more.
Who oversees Walgrove Avenue Elementary?
Walgrove Avenue 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.