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What's the vibe like in the hallways at YES Academy right now?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003099
YES Academy
3140 Hyde Park Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90043 · (323) 778-4992 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
21.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
448 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 | 106 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
52%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
YES Academy→Horace Mann UCLA Community
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
18.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 16.1% | 15.6% | 62.0% |
| Math | 4.5% | 13.6% | 24.0% | 57.9% |
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 | 22.3% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 13.4% |
| 2021-22 | 5.9% | 2.9% |
| 2018-19 | 11.9% | 10.9% |
| 2017-18 | 17.3% | 9.8% |
| 2016-17 | 10.9% | 9.8% |
| 2015-16 | 9.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 YES Academy
YES Academy's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YES Academy this school | 462 | 97.0% | 17.5% |
| ISANA Achernar Academy Compton | 407 | 93.9% | N/A |
| West Athens Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
| Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence Inglewood | 487 | 92.2% | 30.3% |
| Woodcrest Elementary Los Angeles | 611 | 98.7% | 29.9% |
| Raymond Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 457 | 96.7% | 34.8% |
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 YES Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #4,783 of 5,151 | #1,103 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #4,474 of 5,172 ▲ 418 | #1,070 of 1,129 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,703 of 5,172 ▲ 199 | #1,088 of 1,129 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #2,887 of 5,915 | #587 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,504 of 5,352 | #454 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #2,577 of 5,354 | #413 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #206 of 5,625 | #110 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #1,233 of 3,837 | #445 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
462
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,134
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | 97% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 92% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 96% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 94% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 27 | 21.9:1 | 96% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 95% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | N/A | N/A | 61% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 1,049 | 53 | 19.8:1 | 100% (1,046) |
| 1990-91 | 1,134 | 50 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YES Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (590 to 462); teachers down 19% (27 to 22).
About YES Academy
YES Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 462 students.
The 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified enroll 406,887 students altogether, YES Academy among them.
At YES Academy, Hispanic students make up 62% of the student body. The remaining shares are 29% Black and 7% multiracial. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
YES Academy employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.0:1. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 97% in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 27 points lower.
allk12 grades YES Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For YES Academy, the prediction is 22.7% and the result is 17.5%.
YES Academy is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. YES Academy is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy is located about 0.3 miles from YES Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
YES Academy has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when YES Academy had 448 students, to 2024-25, when it had 462.
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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 YES AcademyHow large is YES Academy?
YES Academy enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
Is YES Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
YES Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at YES Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at YES Academy is approximately 21.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at YES Academy?
At YES Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 62% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is YES Academy public or private?
YES Academy 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.