YES Academy

YES Academy is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serveing 462 students in grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, YES Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, YES Academy lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting YES Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at YES Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YES Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which YES Academy is one.

Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 36% to 29%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.