1
What's one community event at West Athens Elementary more people should show up to?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003449
West Athens Elementary
1110 West 119th St., Los Angeles, CA 90044 · (323) 756-9114 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- C+Three-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
18.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
531 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
48%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 14.1% | 23.1% | 53.9% |
| Math | 7.3% | 15.4% | 24.7% | 52.5% |
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 | 23.1% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 17.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.6% | 11.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 19.5% | 14.2% |
| 2017-18 | 18.4% | 9.3% |
| 2016-17 | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| 2015-16 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 West Athens Elementary
West Athens Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Athens Elementary this school | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
| Kornblum Hawthorne | 566 | 93.5% | 29.6% |
| Yucca Elementary Palmdale | 495 | 96.2% | 12.3% |
| ISANA Nascent Academy Los Angeles | 488 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Raymond Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 457 | 96.7% | 34.8% |
| Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence Inglewood | 487 | 92.2% | 30.3% |
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 West Athens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,454 of 5,151 | #1,060 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,020 of 5,172 ▲ 381 | #1,002 of 1,129 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #4,643 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #1,082 of 1,129 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,871 of 5,116 | #707 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #1,925 of 5,915 | #385 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #302 of 5,352 | #86 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #2,900 of 5,354 | #480 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #150 of 5,625 | #87 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #1,026 of 3,837 | #387 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
545
-106 (-16%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,164
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 97% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 94% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 28 | 20.6:1 | 98% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 98% (636) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 31 | 23.0:1 | 90% (645) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 92% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | N/A | N/A | 51% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 1,262 | 63 | 20.0:1 | 96% (1,211) |
| 1990-91 | 1,164 | 45 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Athens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (713 to 545); teachers down 3% (31 to 30).
About West Athens Elementary
West Athens Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Los Angeles, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 545 students.
West Athens Elementary is one school in a 784-school district, Los Angeles Unified, which enrolls 406,887 students.
More than half of the students at West Athens Elementary are Hispanic (67%). Other reported shares: 26% Black and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for West Athens Elementary is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.2:1 is based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.1 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, West Athens Elementary outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for West Athens Elementary is 22.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.3%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, West Athens Elementary among them.
Washington Primary Center is about 0.6 miles from West Athens Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, West Athens Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% decline, from 651 to 545. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.7:1 in 2020-21, and 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Los Angeles
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
- Alexander Hamilton Senior HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Eagle Rock HighHigh · 2,031 students
- John C. Fremont Senior HighHigh · 1,889 students
- John Marshall Senior HighHigh · 1,842 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Primary Center0.6 mi · 138
- Stella High Charter Academy0.8 mi · 555
- Middle College High0.8 mi · 361
- Animo Legacy Charter Middle0.9 mi · 887
- Figueroa Street Elementary0.9 mi · 400
- Woodcrest Elementary0.9 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About West Athens ElementaryHow many students attend West Athens Elementary?
West Athens Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does West Athens Elementary serve?
West Athens Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does West Athens Elementary have?
West Athens Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Athens Elementary?
At West Athens Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is West Athens Elementary public or private?
West Athens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.