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Alumni: what's one memory from Zela Davis that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
843
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORNE·NCES 061668002101
Zela Davis
13435 South Yukon Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250 · (310) 679-1771 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- A-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
26.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
789 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 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%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
37.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.3% | 19.8% | 21.0% | 42.0% |
| Math | 16.5% | 18.9% | 27.1% | 37.5% |
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 | 37.0% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 32.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 36.4% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 27.9% |
| 2018-19 | 39.6% | 33.7% |
| 2017-18 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2016-17 | 41.2% | 35.2% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Zela Davis
Zela Davis's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zela Davis this school | 843 | 93.6% | 34.5% |
| Woodworth-Monroe Academy Inglewood | 826 | 93.7% | 14.8% |
| Brentwood Elementary Victorville | 790 | 92.4% | 11.2% |
| Sierra Elementary Lancaster | 707 | 92.8% | 15.2% |
| Mariposa Elementary Lancaster | 732 | 94.4% | 15.5% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Lancaster | 788 | 89.6% | 17.7% |
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 Zela Davis ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,019 of 5,151 | #753 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,711 of 5,172 ▲ 83 | #689 of 1,129 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,219 of 5,172 ▲ 265 | #778 of 1,129 ▲ 54 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #1,394 of 5,116 | #423 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #268 of 5,915 | #45 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.3:1 | #4,965 of 5,352 | #1,120 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #2,702 of 5,354 | #435 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #630 of 5,625 | #289 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #677 of 3,837 | #280 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
843
-166 (-16%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,032
Student : Teacher
26.3:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 843 | 32 | 26.3:1 | 94% (789) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 32.3 | 26.9:1 | 85% (741) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 34.5 | 26.1:1 | 65% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 40 | 25.2:1 | 93% (935) |
| 2017-18 | 1,173 | 47.5 | 24.7:1 | 91% (1,062) |
| 2015-16 | 1,219 | 46 | 26.5:1 | 90% (1,098) |
| 2010-11 | 1,163 | N/A | N/A | 91% (1,055) |
| 2000-01 | 985 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 87% (860) |
| 1990-91 | 1,032 | 42 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zela Davis.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,173 to 843); teachers down 33% (47.5 to 32).
About Zela Davis
Families in Hawthorne, California, are served by Zela Davis, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 843 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 81% larger than that mark.
Zela Davis reports to Hawthorne, which has 11 schools and 6,904 students.
More than half of enrollment at Zela Davis is Hispanic: 64%. Other groups include 28% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Zela Davis scores 51%.
Zela Davis reported 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 26.3:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 4.0 students per teacher. Roughly 94% of students at Zela Davis can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Zela Davis lands at B, ahead of 62% of California public elementary schools.
Zela Davis is 9.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.5% versus 24.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Zela Davis.
Bud Carson Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Zela Davis places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Zela Davis's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% decline, from 1,009 to 843. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 25.2:1 to 26.3:1.
The Zela Davis discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorne
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- Hawthorne MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
- Prairie Vista MiddleMiddle · 674 students
- Bud Carson MiddleMiddle · 601 students
- Hawthorne Math and Science AcademyHigh · 567 students
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Hawthorne HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Wiseburn MiddleMiddle · 953 students
- Da Vinci ConnectCombined · 923 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- Hawthorne MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Bud Carson Middle0.3 mi · 601
- Kornblum0.3 mi · 566
- Da Vinci RISE High0.4 mi · 167
- Prairie Vista Middle0.5 mi · 674
- Jefferson0.7 mi · 549
- Renaissance County Community0.8 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About Zela DavisWhat is the total enrollment at Zela Davis?
Zela Davis enrolls approximately 843 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Zela Davis serve?
Zela Davis serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Zela Davis?
Approximately 26.3:1 students per teacher at Zela Davis.
How diverse is Zela Davis?
Zela Davis reports a student body of 1% White, 64% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Zela Davis?
Zela Davis is overseen by Hawthorne in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.