Wilshire Park Elementary

Wilshire Park Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. The school enrolls 329 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

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

On demographics, Wilshire Park Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wilshire Park Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wilshire Park Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.9%; Wilshire Park Elementary posts 48.6%, +20.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Wilshire Park Elementary is one.

Wilton Place Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilshire Park Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilshire Park Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilshire Park Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Wilshire Park Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.