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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003464
Wilmington Park Elementary
1140 Mahar Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 · (310) 518-7460 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
21.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
453 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 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
8%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
Wilmington Park Elementary→Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) Magnet→Phineas Banning Senior High
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
37.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.0pp since 2014
Math
35.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.6% | 20.4% | 23.0% | 40.0% |
| Math | 16.2% | 19.7% | 24.4% | 39.7% |
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 | 37.0% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 27.2% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 34.6% | 28.1% |
| 2017-18 | 29.7% | 27.8% |
| 2016-17 | 28.3% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Wilmington Park Elementary
Wilmington Park Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Park Elementary this school | 472 | 96.0% | 36.1% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary San Bernardino | 471 | 96.2% | 14.0% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary San Diego | 456 | 96.7% | 21.7% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy Los Angeles | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Leo Politi Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 94.4% | 23.3% |
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 Wilmington Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,852 of 5,151 | #711 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,661 of 5,172 ▼ 581 | #676 of 1,129 ▼ 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,221 of 5,172 ▲ 554 | #779 of 1,129 ▲ 120 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #1,037 of 5,116 | #344 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #2,769 of 5,915 | #557 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,800 of 5,352 | #523 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #5,063 of 5,354 | #1,104 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #325 of 5,625 | #168 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.2% | #166 of 3,837 | #82 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
472
-117 (-20%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,160
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 472 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 96% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 95% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 23 | 22.7:1 | 97% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 97% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 92% (715) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 36 | 22.7:1 | 91% (745) |
| 2010-11 | 1,029 | N/A | N/A | 90% (923) |
| 2000-01 | 1,269 | 61 | 20.8:1 | 96% (1,221) |
| 1990-91 | 1,160 | 45 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilmington Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (776 to 472); teachers down 35% (34 to 22).
About Wilmington Park Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Wilmington, California, Wilmington Park Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified. The student body numbers 472 students, from kindergarten through 5.
The district for Wilmington Park Elementary is Los Angeles Unified, with 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Wilmington Park Elementary is 96% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 2% Black. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wilmington Park Elementary and a ratio of 21.4:1. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
Wilmington Park Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 68% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Wilmington Park Elementary, the prediction is 23.3% and the result is 36.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Wilmington Park Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Harry Bridges Span is about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 34.4% on proficiency, and Wilmington Park Elementary is above that at 36.1%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment dropped 20% from its 2020-21 level of 589.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Wilmington Park Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Wilmington
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Harry Bridges SpanElementary · 1,171 students
- Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (STEAM) MagnetMiddle · 1,121 students
- Gulf Avenue ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- George De La Torre Jr. ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Hawaiian Avenue ElementaryElementary · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Harry Bridges Span0.9 mi · 1,171
- Phineas Banning Senior High1.1 mi · 2,422
- Dan M. Issacs Avalon High1.1 mi · 48
- Fries Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 325
- George De La Torre Jr. Elementary1.3 mi · 598
- Scholarship Prep - South Bay1.4 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Wilmington Park ElementaryHow large is Wilmington Park Elementary?
Wilmington Park Elementary enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wilmington Park Elementary serve?
Wilmington Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wilmington Park Elementary?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Wilmington Park Elementary.
How diverse is Wilmington Park Elementary?
Wilmington Park Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilmington Park Elementary?
Wilmington Park 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.