Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003467
Wilton Place Elementary
745 South Wilton Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005 · (213) 389-1181 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
14.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
279 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
23%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
41.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.6pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.8% | 26.9% | 23.5% | 34.9% |
| Math | 15.0% | 21.6% | 25.5% | 37.9% |
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 | 41.6% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.6% | 34.0% |
| 2017-18 | 36.6% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 36.9% | 35.2% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Wilton Place Elementary
Wilton Place Elementary's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton Place Elementary this school | 297 | 93.9% | 33.9% |
| Ramona Elementary Los Angeles | 277 | 96.4% | 30.5% |
| Lockwood Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 285 | 96.5% | 30.9% |
| Huntington Drive Elementary Los Angeles | 282 | 92.9% | 26.4% |
| Barfield Elementary Pomona | 282 | 93.3% | 26.1% |
| Villacorta Elementary La Puente | 261 | 94.6% | 27.3% |
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 Wilton Place Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #3,068 of 5,151 | #770 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,582 of 5,172 ▲ 948 | #654 of 1,129 ▲ 225 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,761 of 5,172 ▲ 859 | #666 of 1,129 ▲ 197 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.6pp | #193 of 5,116 | #82 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #4,789 of 5,915 | #1,071 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #15 of 5,352 | #2 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #4,284 of 5,354 | #821 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #587 of 5,625 | #275 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.9% | #45 of 3,837 | #25 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
297
-105 (-26%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 1,007
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 297 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 94% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 92% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 94% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 94% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 86% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 32 | 22.5:1 | 81% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 963 | N/A | N/A | 68% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 1,445 | 72 | 20.1:1 | 73% (1,054) |
| 1990-91 | 1,007 | 39 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilton Place Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (570 to 297); teachers down 30% (30 to 21).
About Wilton Place Elementary
Wilton Place Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in Los Angeles, California. It had 297 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Wilton Place Elementary reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
At Wilton Place Elementary, 88% of students are Hispanic. It is also 7% Asian and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.2:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 8.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 24 points.
Wilton Place Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wilton Place Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 33.9% actual against 24.5% predicted.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Wilton Place Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Magnolia Science Academy 6 is less than a tenth of a mile from Wilton Place Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Wilton Place Elementary is behind the 37.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
Wilton Place Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 26%, from 402 to 297. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.1 to 14.2 over 4 years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Wilton Place ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wilton Place Elementary?
Wilton Place Elementary enrolls approximately 297 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wilton Place Elementary serve?
Wilton Place Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Wilton Place Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Wilton Place Elementary.
How diverse is Wilton Place Elementary?
Wilton Place Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilton Place Elementary?
Wilton Place Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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