Washington Elementary

Located at 1421 North Wilmington Ave., in Compton, California, Washington Elementary is a close-knit elementary school that teaches 268 students (grades K through 8), run under Compton Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Compton Unified comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 16,304 students; Washington Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). The remainder consists of 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.3%; this one delivers 39.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Washington Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Davis Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary has contracted 28%, going from 370 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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