Wisdom Elementary

Located at 1125 East 74th St., in Los Angeles, California, Wisdom Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that educates 648 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Wisdom Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wisdom Elementary lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wisdom Elementary lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Wisdom Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wisdom Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.3%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Wisdom Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Parmelee Avenue Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wisdom Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Wisdom Elementary's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 885 (now 648). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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