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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the William Anderson Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062121002545
William Anderson Elementary
4130 West 154th St., Lawndale, CA 90260 · (310) 676-0197 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
513 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 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
48.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
40.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.1% | 24.1% | 19.6% | 32.2% |
| Math | 20.1% | 20.1% | 28.7% | 31.1% |
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 | 48.3% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 45.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 37.8% |
| 2021-22 | 46.6% | 33.7% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 43.6% |
| 2017-18 | 49.9% | 41.0% |
| 2016-17 | 44.5% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 William Anderson Elementary
William Anderson Elementary's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Anderson Elementary this school | 572 | 89.7% | 46.4% |
| Hazelton Elementary Stockton | 586 | 90.6% | 14.8% |
| Alexander Hamilton Elementary Stockton | 599 | 87.3% | 13.6% |
| Washington Elementary Bellflower | 579 | 90.8% | 22.2% |
| Teague Elementary Fresno | 551 | 91.5% | 28.2% |
| Audubon K-8 San Diego | 495 | 87.9% | 27.2% |
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 William Anderson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,974 of 5,151 | #456 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #2,280 of 5,172 ▼ 505 | #569 of 1,129 ▼ 162 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #2,175 of 5,172 ▼ 431 | #505 of 1,129 ▼ 127 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,968 of 5,116 | #531 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #1,627 of 5,915 | #319 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,355 of 5,352 | #984 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #3,653 of 5,354 | #658 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,136 of 5,625 | #458 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,248 of 3,837 | #448 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
572
-62 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 90% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 25.5 | 23.3:1 | 91% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 25.5 | 23.9:1 | 90% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 26 | 24.4:1 | 89% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 30 | 24.3:1 | 88% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 31 | 24.7:1 | 83% (635) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | N/A | N/A | 85% (626) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 44 | 21.0:1 | 84% (775) |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 35 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Anderson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (730 to 572); teachers down 23% (30 to 23).
About William Anderson Elementary
William Anderson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Lawndale, California. There are 572 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 23% bigger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Lawndale Elementary enrolls 4,314 students, and its 8 schools include William Anderson Elementary.
Hispanic students are 79% of those enrolled at William Anderson Elementary. Next come 9% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at William Anderson Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 24.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at William Anderson Elementary, which has 23. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at William Anderson Elementary is about 90%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 20 points lower.
William Anderson Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places William Anderson Elementary in the top 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.4 points above it (46.4% actual, 27.0% predicted).
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, William Anderson Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Will Rogers Middle, is the closest to William Anderson Elementary. William Anderson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 42.4% proficiency; William Anderson Elementary posts 46.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 572, down from 634 in 2020-21.
William Anderson Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawndale Elementary
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Green ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Billy Mitchell ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- F. D. Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
Other schools in Lawndale
- Leuzinger HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Lawndale HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Green ElementaryElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Middle0.1 mi · 799
- Mark Twain Elementary0.5 mi · 585
- Jane Addams Middle0.5 mi · 644
- Environmental Charter High - Lawndale0.7 mi · 488
- Lucille J. Smith Elementary0.7 mi · 331
- Leuzinger High0.8 mi · 1,981
Frequently asked questions
About William Anderson ElementaryHow many students attend William Anderson Elementary?
William Anderson Elementary enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does William Anderson Elementary serve?
William Anderson Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at William Anderson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at William Anderson Elementary is approximately 24.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at William Anderson Elementary?
At William Anderson Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 79% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is William Anderson Elementary public or private?
William Anderson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lawndale Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.