Weigand Avenue Elementary

Weigand Avenue Elementary operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 290 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Weigand Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Weigand Avenue Elementary records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Weigand Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Weigand Avenue Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 20.9%; this one delivers 37.0%, a residual of +16.0 points.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Weigand Avenue Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jordan High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weigand Avenue Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Weigand Avenue Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 40%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Weigand Avenue Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.