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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003471
Woodcrest Elementary
1151 West 109th St., Los Angeles, CA 90044 · (323) 756-1371 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
20.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
603 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 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
50%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
33.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +26.6pp since 2014
Math
31.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 27 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.2% | 20.4% | 22.9% | 43.6% |
| Math | 8.8% | 22.8% | 29.5% | 39.0% |
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 | 33.6% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 27.8% |
| 2022-23 | 18.5% | 17.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.1% | 30.8% |
| 2017-18 | 28.5% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 24.5% | 23.8% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 7.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Woodcrest Elementary
Woodcrest Elementary's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcrest Elementary this school | 611 | 98.7% | 29.9% |
| West Athens Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
| YES Academy Los Angeles | 462 | 97.0% | 17.5% |
| Sierra Elementary Lancaster | 707 | 92.8% | 15.2% |
| Woodworth-Monroe Academy Inglewood | 826 | 93.7% | 14.8% |
| Kornblum Hawthorne | 566 | 93.5% | 29.6% |
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 Woodcrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,528 of 5,151 | #889 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,068 of 5,172 ▲ 238 | #801 of 1,129 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,603 of 5,172 ▲ 563 | #881 of 1,129 ▲ 100 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.6pp | #157 of 5,116 | #65 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #1,302 of 5,915 | #249 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,121 of 5,352 | #345 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #2,781 of 5,354 | #454 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #49 of 5,625 | #28 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #879 of 3,837 | #347 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
611
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,581
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 611 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 99% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 98% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 27 | 22.0:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 29 | 22.8:1 | 98% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 34 | 24.1:1 | 95% (779) |
| 2015-16 | 878 | 37 | 23.7:1 | 92% (809) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | N/A | N/A | 54% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 1,502 | 69 | 21.8:1 | 98% (1,468) |
| 1990-91 | 1,581 | 62 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (818 to 611); teachers down 12% (34 to 30).
About Woodcrest Elementary
Los Angeles, California, is home to Woodcrest Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 611 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% above the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
District-wide, Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
By race and ethnicity, Woodcrest Elementary is 64% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 30% Black and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Woodcrest Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Its 30 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.4:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 99%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Woodcrest Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 57% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Woodcrest Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (29.9%) and its predicted rate (21.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Woodcrest Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Washington Primary Center is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Woodcrest Elementary places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Woodcrest Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 660 to 611. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.4:1, from 22.8:1.
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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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Other Woodcrest Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodcrest Elementary. Woodcrest Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Woodcrest ElementaryRiverside, CA · 660 students
- Woodcrest ElementaryFullerton, CA · 303 students
- Woodcrest Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 600 students
- Woodcrest Elementary SchoolCHERRY HILL, NJ · 374 students
- Woodcrest Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Primary Center0.4 mi · 138
- Boys Academic Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 69
- George Washington Preparatory High0.4 mi · 738
- Ellington (Duke) High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 43
- Figueroa Street Elementary0.7 mi · 400
- TEACH Tech Charter High0.8 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Woodcrest ElementaryHow large is Woodcrest Elementary?
Woodcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 611 students in grades KG-05.
Is Woodcrest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodcrest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodcrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodcrest Elementary is approximately 20.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodcrest Elementary?
At Woodcrest Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 64% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Woodcrest Elementary public or private?
Woodcrest Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.