Is Belvedere Elementary a good school?

Belvedere Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Belvedere Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 559 students attended Belvedere Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Belvedere Elementary?

Students at Belvedere Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Belvedere Elementary attend?

Students who attend Belvedere Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Belvedere Middle High : E. Los Angeles Renaiss Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #2 High : Engr and Technical Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #3 High : Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy School of Technical Business and Educational High : Humanitas Academy of Art and Technical at Esteban E. Torres High #4 High : James A. Garfield Senior High High : Soc Just Leadership Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #5

Belvedere Elementary

Summary:

Belvedere Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 563 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Belvedere Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools, with its students performing significantly below the district and state averages on standardized tests. For example, in 2023-2024, only 28.36% of Belvedere students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for Los Angeles Unified and 47.04% for California. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities. Additionally, Belvedere has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.4% in 2017-2018 to 34.2% in 2021-2022, which is well above the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the same district, such as Marianna Avenue Elementary, generally perform better than Belvedere Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. For example, Marianna Avenue Elementary, located just 0.67 miles from Belvedere, has significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics compared to Belvedere. The nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 21.5% to 40.3%, compared to Belvedere's 34.2% in 2021-2022.

Detail:

Public K-5

3724 East First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90063-2390

(323) 269-0345

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4498^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,712

Students who attend Belvedere Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Belvedere Middle
High:	E. Los Angeles Renaiss Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #2
	Engr and Technical Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #3
	Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy School of Technical Business and Educational
	Humanitas Academy of Art and Technical at Esteban E. Torres High #4
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	James A. Garfield Senior High
	Soc Just Leadership Academy at Esteban E. Torres High #5

Student/teacher ratio: 22.3

Number of students: 559

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.2%

Two or more races:

1.6%

White:

0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Belvedere Elementary ranks worse than 76.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 402^nd among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.65. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (98.2%), two or more races (1.6%), White (0.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Belvedere Elementary is 22.3. 422 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Belvedere Elementary employs 25 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Belvedere Elementary is $10,712. 333 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Belvedere Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Belvedere Elementary 4498^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Belvedere Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Belvedere Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	32.30	3114^th	4809	35.2%
2005	27.89	3413^th	4822	29.2%
2006	26.61	3549^th	4818	26.3%
2007	24.51	3970^th	5113	22.4%
2008	24.16	4037^th	5113	21.0%
2009	14.15	4785^th	5193	7.9%
2010	12.72	5032^nd	5314	5.3%
2011	13.50	5034^th	5377	6.4%
2012	14.59	4977^th	5390	7.7%
2013	11.46	5235^th	5530	5.3%
2015	15.62	5037^th	5611	10.2%
2016	14.67	5068^th	5614	9.7%
2017	9.59	5517^th	5692	3.1%
2018	17.95	4854^th	5662	14.3%
2019	19.22	4877^th	5789	15.8%
2022	30.44	3840^th	5883	34.7%
2023	21.87	4674^th	5874	20.4%
2024	23.65	4498^th	5862	23.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.43	2965^th	3246	8.7%
2019	24.85	2880^th	3275	12.1%
2022	22.89	3063^rd	3311	7.5%
2023	26.04	2815^th	3250	13.4%
2024	35.05	2176^th	3160	31.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.72	1919^th	2420	20.7%
2024	32.76	1667^th	2634	36.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.01	4057^th	5084	20.2%
2019	28.64	3970^th	5173	23.3%
2022	44.84	2610^th	5264	50.4%
2023	31.91	3745^th	5374	30.3%
2024	31.38	3819^th	5511	30.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.12	5054^th	5413	6.6%
2019	16.86	4883^rd	5492	11.1%
2022	26.95	4023^rd	5635	28.6%
2023	23.52	4381^st	5617	22.0%
2024	23.16	4410^th	5605	21.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.08	1097^th	2128	48.4%
2019	26.22	1997^th	2585	22.7%
2022	26.36	1670^th	2227	25.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.03	4184^th	5431	23.0%
2019	22.93	4388^th	5510	20.4%
2022	34.58	3408^th	5663	39.8%
2023	21.53	4572^nd	5650	19.1%
2024	26.63	4117^th	5636	27.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Belvedere Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.72	3848^th	4830	20.3%
2019	27.91	3839^th	4963	22.6%
2022	42.61	2698^th	5084	46.9%
2023	31.60	3585^th	5098	29.7%
2024	34.37	3389^th	5102	33.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Belvedere Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	8	0	0	1263	0	n/a	n/a	0	1271
1989	4	1	0	1230	3	n/a	n/a	0	1238
1990	20	2	1	1228	1	n/a	n/a	0	1252
1991	8	0	1	1256	2	n/a	n/a	0	1267
1992	8	0	1	1242	2	n/a	n/a	0	1253
1993	6	0	0	1277	4	n/a	n/a	0	1287
1994	8	1	0	1299	1	n/a	n/a	0	1309
1995	3	1	3	1299	2	n/a	n/a	0	1308
1996	3	1	3	1299	2	n/a	n/a	0	1308
1997	2	2	3	1316	0	n/a	n/a	0	1323
1998	6	2	4	1293	0	n/a	n/a	0	1305
1999	5	1	2	1315	0	n/a	n/a	0	1323
2000	4	1	2	1307	1	n/a	n/a	0	1315
2001	6	2	3	1320	0	n/a	n/a	0	1331
2002	3	1	2	1318	0	n/a	n/a	0	1324
2003	3	1	2	1318	0	n/a	n/a	0	1324
2004	2	1	1	1298	1	n/a	n/a	0	1303
2005	0	1	1	1185	0	n/a	n/a	0	1187
2006	0	1	1	1093	0	n/a	n/a	0	1095
2007	1	0	0	1019	0	n/a	n/a	0	1020
2008	2	1	n/a	1014	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1017
2009	0	0	2	1002	0	0	0	0	1004
2010	0	0	0	992	0	0	1	0	993
2011	0	3	1	963	1	0	1	0	969
2012	1	3	1	910	1	0	0	0	916
2013	3	1	3	898	0	0	0	0	905
2014	3	0	3	852	0	0	0	0	858
2015	6	0	0	826	0	0	3	0	835
2016	3	0	0	780	0	0	2	0	785
2017	3	0	0	778	1	0	1	0	783
2018	4	1	0	735	0	0	1	0	741
2019	5	0	0	723	0	0	0	0	728
2020	5	0	0	697	0	0	1	0	703
2021	1	0	0	640	0	0	0	0	641
2022	2	0	0	555	0	0	3	0	560
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	563	563
2024	1	0	0	549	0	0	9	0	559

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Belvedere Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1271	52.0	24.4	n/a
1989	1238	52.0	23.8	n/a
1990	1252	51.0	24.5	n/a
1991	1267	49.5	25.5	n/a
1992	1253	50.3	24.9	92.6
1993	1287	46.0	28.0	95
1994	1309	47.5	27.6	94.9
1995	1308	47.5	27.5	95
1996	1308	47.5	27.5	95
1997	1323	52.5	25.2	94.9
1998	1305	59.5	21.9	94.9
1999	1323	64.0	20.7	94.9
2000	1315	64.5	20.4	96.7
2001	1331	68.0	19.6	93.9
2002	1324	69.0	19.2	93.9
2003	1324	69.0	19.2	93.9
2004	1303	65.0	20.0	96.6
2005	1187	60.0	19.8	96
2006	1095	56.0	19.6	97.4
2007	1020	51.0	20.0	93.6
2008	1017	57.0	17.8	96.2
2009	1004	52.0	17.6	96.5
2010	993	44.0	22.5	95.3
2011	969	n/a	n/a	96.4
2012	916	38.5	23.7	n/a
2013	905	38.0	23.8	46.2
2014	858	36.0	23.8	86.2
2015	835	36.0	23.1	87.7
2016	785	34.0	23.0	94.1
2017	783	33.0	23.7	90.7
2018	741	32.0	23.1	95.4
2019	728	32.5	22.4	95.1
2020	703	n/a	n/a	97.3
2021	641	30.0	21.3	98.6
2022	560	27.0	20.7	98.8
2023	563	26.0	21.6	98.6
2024	559	25.0	22.3	97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Belvedere Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1271	52.0	24.4	n/a
1989	1238	52.0	23.8	n/a
1990	1252	51.0	24.5	n/a
1991	1267	49.5	25.5	n/a
1992	1253	50.3	24.9	92.6
1993	1287	46.0	28.0	95
1994	1309	47.5	27.6	94.9
1995	1308	47.5	27.5	95
1996	1308	47.5	27.5	95
1997	1323	52.5	25.2	94.9
1998	1305	59.5	21.9	94.9
1999	1323	64.0	20.7	94.9
2000	1315	64.5	20.4	96.7
2001	1331	68.0	19.6	93.9
2002	1324	69.0	19.2	93.9
2003	1324	69.0	19.2	93.9
2004	1303	65.0	20.0	96.6
2005	1187	60.0	19.8	96
2006	1095	56.0	19.6	97.4
2007	1020	51.0	20.0	93.6
2008	1017	57.0	17.8	96.2
2009	1004	52.0	17.6	96.5
2010	993	44.0	22.5	95.3
2011	969	n/a	n/a	96.4
2012	916	38.5	23.7	n/a
2013	905	38.0	23.8	46.2
2014	858	36.0	23.8	86.2
2015	835	36.0	23.1	87.7
2016	785	34.0	23.0	94.1
2017	783	33.0	23.7	90.7
2018	741	32.0	23.1	95.4
2019	728	32.5	22.4	95.1
2020	703	n/a	n/a	97.3
2021	641	30.0	21.3	98.6
2022	560	27.0	20.7	98.8
2023	563	26.0	21.6	98.6
2024	559	25.0	22.3	97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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