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What's one thing York gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORNE·NCES 061668002099
York
11838 South York Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250 · (310) 675-1189 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
409 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
41%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
48.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.5pp since 2014
Math
41.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.7% | 19.8% | 18.8% | 32.7% |
| Math | 16.9% | 24.1% | 26.1% | 32.9% |
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 | 48.5% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.9% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 41.4% | 33.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 43.3% |
| 2017-18 | 43.7% | 39.3% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 33.5% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 York
York's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| York this school | 449 | 91.1% | 40.7% |
| Scholarship Prep - South Bay Wilmington | 421 | 92.2% | N/A |
| KIPP University Park Stockton | 427 | 91.3% | N/A |
| F. D. Roosevelt Elementary Lawndale | 396 | 90.7% | 29.7% |
| Golden Poppy Elementary Palmdale | 525 | 89.3% | 21.0% |
| Washington Hawthorne | 418 | 90.2% | 43.7% |
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 York ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,420 of 5,151 | #582 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,220 of 5,172 ▲ 399 | #552 of 1,129 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #2,155 of 5,172 ▲ 695 | #500 of 1,129 ▲ 176 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,012 of 5,116 | #330 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #3,043 of 5,915 | #626 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #431 of 5,352 | #128 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #3,391 of 5,354 | #591 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #959 of 5,625 | #401 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #1,135 of 3,837 | #417 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
449
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 449 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 91% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 86% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 22.5 | 20.9:1 | 70% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 91% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 91% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 25 | 24.3:1 | 90% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | N/A | N/A | 87% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 43 | 20.7:1 | 82% (729) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 37 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for York.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (579 to 449); teachers down 8% (26 to 24).
About York
This page covers York, a medium-sized elementary school in Hawthorne, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 449 students.
Hawthorne counts 6,904 students in its 11 schools, and York is one of them.
At 75%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at York combined. Other students are 18% Black, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. York has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
York's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 91%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, York receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
York beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.5 points (40.7% versus 26.2%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The next-closest public school is Animo Leadership High, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. York's average proficiency of 40.7% compares with 45.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 458 students in 2020-21 and 449 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.7:1, from 21.8:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Zela DavisElementary · 843 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- Hawthorne MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
- Prairie Vista MiddleMiddle · 674 students
- Bud Carson MiddleMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Hawthorne HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Wiseburn MiddleMiddle · 953 students
- Da Vinci ConnectCombined · 923 students
- Zela DavisElementary · 843 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- Hawthorne MiddleMiddle · 761 students
Nearby schools
- Animo Leadership High0.6 mi · 634
- Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood0.6 mi · 358
- Hawthorne Math and Science Academy0.7 mi · 567
- Moffett Elementary0.7 mi · 626
- Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence0.7 mi · 487
- Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy0.7 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About YorkHow large is York?
York enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does York serve?
York serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at York?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at York.
What is the racial breakdown of students at York?
At York, the student body is approximately 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is York in?
York is part of Hawthorne.
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