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How has Woodlawn Avenue Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003474
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary
6314 Woodlawn Ave., Bell, CA 90201 · (323) 560-1445 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- B+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
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
482 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 | 116 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
5%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
35.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.7% | 19.2% | 26.5% | 37.5% |
| Math | 12.2% | 22.4% | 27.6% | 37.8% |
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 | 35.9% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 31.5% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 26.5% |
| 2021-22 | 31.6% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 34.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.8% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Woodlawn Avenue Elementary
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Avenue Elementary this school | 523 | 92.2% | 33.0% |
| Telfair Avenue Elementary Pacoima | 534 | 92.3% | 30.7% |
| Walter Zimmerman Elementary Bloomington | 512 | 92.0% | 25.9% |
| John Kelley Elementary Thermal | 505 | 93.3% | 23.1% |
| Martin Van Buren Elementary Indio | 533 | 92.5% | 36.1% |
| Bardin Elementary Salinas | 559 | 93.0% | 20.0% |
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 Woodlawn Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,169 of 5,151 | #797 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #2,786 of 5,172 ▲ 136 | #711 of 1,129 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #3,335 of 5,172 ▲ 463 | #810 of 1,129 ▲ 95 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #993 of 5,116 | #326 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #2,167 of 5,915 | #436 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #825 of 5,352 | #255 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #5,205 of 5,354 | #1,164 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #819 of 5,625 | #357 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #619 of 3,837 | #261 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
523
-114 (-18%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,401
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 523 | 26.5 | 19.7:1 | 92% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 92% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 92% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 91% (582) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 33 | 22.3:1 | 89% (651) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 33 | 23.7:1 | 87% (683) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | N/A | N/A | 40% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 1,245 | 62 | 20.1:1 | 93% (1,162) |
| 1990-91 | 1,401 | 51 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (735 to 523); teachers down 20% (33 to 26.5).
About Woodlawn Avenue Elementary
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Bell, California. Its 523 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary is run by Los Angeles Unified, whose 784 schools enroll 406,887 students.
Most students at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary are Hispanic: 98% of enrollment. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Woodlawn Avenue Elementary comes in at 5%.
Federal staffing data show 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary and a ratio of 19.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Woodlawn Avenue Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.0% is 7.4 points above the 25.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
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%. Woodlawn Avenue Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The shortest distance from Woodlawn Avenue Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Heliotrope Avenue Elementary. The five-mile area around Woodlawn Avenue Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.0%, higher than Woodlawn Avenue Elementary's 33.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 637 to 523.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Woodlawn Avenue Elementary?
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 523 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodlawn Avenue Elementary serve?
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary is approximately 19.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodlawn Avenue Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Woodlawn Avenue Elementary in?
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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