Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003476
Yorkdale Elementary
5657 Meridian St., Los Angeles, CA 90042 · (323) 255-0587 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C+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
20.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
170 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
22%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
Yorkdale Elementary→Luther Burbank Mid Sch Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet
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
34.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
32.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 15.3% | 25.5% | 39.8% |
| Math | 10.2% | 22.4% | 24.5% | 42.9% |
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 | 34.7% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 37.2% | 27.9% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 27.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.0% | 43.0% |
| 2017-18 | 55.1% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 34.3% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Yorkdale Elementary
Yorkdale Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkdale Elementary this school | 205 | 82.9% | 32.1% |
| Romero Elementary Santa Nella | 225 | 82.7% | 31.6% |
| Waukena Joint Union Elementary Tulare | 220 | 84.1% | 31.0% |
| Mountain View San Diego | 195 | 87.2% | 30.2% |
| Glenwood Elementary Thousand Oaks | 218 | 79.4% | 27.4% |
| Garvanza Elementary School Technology and Leadership Magnet Los Angeles | 239 | 81.6% | 45.4% |
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 Yorkdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,261 of 5,151 | #817 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #2,953 of 5,172 ▲ 627 | #765 of 1,129 ▲ 130 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,471 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #846 of 1,129 ▼ 106 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #3,272 of 5,116 | #803 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #5,333 of 5,915 | #1,211 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,214 of 5,352 | #371 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #4,308 of 5,354 | #829 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #1,882 of 5,625 | #635 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #2,046 of 3,837 | #623 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
205
-25 (-11%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 205 | 10 | 20.5:1 | 83% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 11 | 19.0:1 | 85% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 200 | 11 | 18.2:1 | 82% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 11 | 20.9:1 | 83% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 11 | 21.9:1 | 85% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 89% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | N/A | N/A | 40% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 91% (564) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 26 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yorkdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (241 to 205); teachers down 9% (11 to 10).
About Yorkdale Elementary
Yorkdale Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Los Angeles, California. The latest federal count shows 205 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 56% smaller than average.
Within Los Angeles Unified, Yorkdale Elementary is one of 784 schools. The district enrolls 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Yorkdale Elementary is 88% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Yorkdale Elementary, 10 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.5:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Yorkdale Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Yorkdale Elementary, the prediction is 30.9% and the result is 32.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Yorkdale Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Benjamin Franklin Senior High is the public school closest to Yorkdale Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Yorkdale Elementary's average proficiency of 32.1% compares with 37.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment declined 11% from its 2020-21 level of 230.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Yorkdale Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Yorkdale ElementaryHow large is Yorkdale Elementary?
Yorkdale Elementary enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Yorkdale Elementary serve?
Yorkdale Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Yorkdale Elementary have?
Yorkdale Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yorkdale Elementary?
At Yorkdale Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Yorkdale Elementary in?
Yorkdale Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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