Is Budlong Avenue Elementary a good school?

Budlong Avenue Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.2% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Budlong Avenue Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 645 students attended Budlong Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Budlong Avenue Elementary?

Students at Budlong Avenue Elementary are 82% Hispanic, 16% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Budlong Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Budlong Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : John Muir Middle High : Augustus Hawkins High

Budlong Avenue Elementary

Summary:

Budlong Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 659 students in grades K-5. The school 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.

Budlong Avenue Elementary faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.5% to 55.4%, which are much higher than state and district averages. The school's students also perform significantly below state and district averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with only 20.71% and 19.28% of students, respectively, being proficient or better in 2023-2024. The school's student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and Special Education students, consistently rank in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools. Additionally, Budlong Avenue Elementary has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 95.19% to 96.51%.

The challenges faced by Budlong Avenue Elementary are not unique to the school, as nearby schools, such as Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci, Fifty-Second Street Elementary, and Sixty-First Street Elementary, also perform below state and district averages in test scores and have high chronic absenteeism rates. However, some nearby schools, like Gil Garcetti Learning Academy and Raymond Avenue Elementary, perform better than Budlong Avenue Elementary, suggesting that there may be opportunities to learn from their practices. The challenges faced by Budlong Avenue Elementary and the surrounding schools may be influenced by the high rates of poverty in the area, as indicated by the free and reduced lunch eligibility.

Detail:

Public K-5

5940 South Budlong Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90044-2815

(323) 750-6955

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5205^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,692

Students who attend Budlong Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	John Muir Middle
High:	Augustus Hawkins High

Student/teacher ratio: 18.9

Number of students: 645

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.0%

African American:

16.1%

Two or more races:

1.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Budlong Avenue Elementary ranks worse than 88.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 459^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.02. (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 (82%), African American (16.1%), two or more races (1.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Budlong Avenue Elementary is 18.9, which is the 156^th best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Budlong Avenue Elementary employs 34 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Budlong Avenue Elementary is $8,692. 489 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Budlong Avenue Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Budlong Avenue Elementary 5205^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Budlong Avenue 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 Budlong Avenue Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.88	3941^st	4809	18.0%
2005	16.22	4239^th	4822	12.1%
2006	12.84	4486^th	4818	6.9%
2007	13.35	4752^nd	5113	7.1%
2008	12.69	4786^th	5113	6.4%
2009	8.48	5056^th	5193	2.6%
2010	15.59	4877^th	5314	8.2%
2011	21.73	4560^th	5377	15.2%
2012	25.35	4290^th	5390	20.4%
2013	19.88	4745^th	5530	14.2%
2015	20.24	4599^th	5611	18.0%
2016	20.27	4594^th	5614	18.2%
2017	17.90	4873^rd	5692	14.4%
2018	17.25	4912^th	5662	13.2%
2019	13.75	5328^th	5789	8.0%
2022	15.64	5306^th	5883	9.8%
2023	18.86	4969^th	5874	15.4%
2024	16.02	5205^th	5862	11.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.41	3081^st	3246	5.1%
2019	18.96	3226^th	3275	1.5%
2022	17.65	3267^th	3311	1.3%
2023	18.17	3202^nd	3250	1.5%
2024	22.36	2982^nd	3160	5.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.69	1567^th	2420	35.2%
2024	17.92	2500^th	2634	5.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.24	4102^nd	5084	19.3%
2019	19.89	4572^nd	5173	11.6%
2022	22.49	4464^th	5264	15.2%
2023	26.63	4192^nd	5374	22.0%
2024	21.83	4634^th	5511	15.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.06	4447^th	5413	17.8%
2019	15.79	4965^th	5492	9.6%
2022	16.38	5053^rd	5635	10.3%
2023	23.62	4369^th	5617	22.2%
2024	23.68	4370^th	5605	22.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.29	1525^th	2128	28.3%
2019	21.66	2257^th	2585	12.7%
2022	22.15	1912^th	2227	14.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.48	4924^th	5431	9.3%
2019	13.03	5182^nd	5510	6.0%
2022	16.18	5106^th	5663	9.8%
2023	15.59	5116^th	5650	9.5%
2024	11.58	5395^th	5636	4.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.55	461^st	700	34.1%
2019	32.99	511^th	747	31.6%
2022	25.31	541^st	663	18.4%
2023	23.56	552^nd	662	16.6%
2024	27.11	454^th	593	23.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Budlong Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.91	3626^th	4830	24.9%
2019	23.10	4170^th	4963	16.0%
2022	25.98	4047^th	5084	20.4%
2023	33.58	3425^th	5098	32.8%
2024	27.00	3951^st	5102	22.6%

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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 Budlong Avenue Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	2	846	5	632	1	n/a	n/a	0	1486
1989	1	746	1	652	0	n/a	n/a	0	1400
1990	0	731	0	798	0	n/a	n/a	0	1529
1991	0	666	1	927	1	n/a	n/a	0	1595
1992	1	604	1	987	0	n/a	n/a	0	1593
1993	1	591	1	1008	0	n/a	n/a	0	1601
1994	1	517	3	1023	0	n/a	n/a	0	1544
1995	1	405	1	970	0	n/a	n/a	0	1377
1996	1	405	1	970	0	n/a	n/a	0	1377
1997	1	432	1	987	0	n/a	n/a	0	1421
1998	0	510	0	1064	0	n/a	n/a	0	1574
1999	0	446	0	868	0	n/a	n/a	0	1314
2000	0	420	1	908	2	n/a	n/a	0	1331
2001	1	393	1	948	1	n/a	n/a	0	1344
2002	1	357	3	952	1	n/a	n/a	0	1314
2003	1	357	3	952	1	n/a	n/a	0	1314
2004	2	333	0	952	0	n/a	n/a	0	1287
2005	2	337	2	963	1	n/a	n/a	0	1305
2006	2	354	2	921	1	n/a	n/a	0	1280
2007	1	290	2	899	1	n/a	n/a	3	1196
2008	5	278	2	772	1	n/a	n/a	0	1058
2009	3	227	2	824	1	0	5	0	1062
2010	5	211	2	803	1	0	0	0	1022
2011	3	167	0	753	1	0	1	0	925
2012	4	189	0	780	5	0	3	0	981
2013	3	169	0	785	5	0	0	0	962
2014	4	151	3	721	29	0	0	0	908
2015	18	148	3	695	3	0	8	0	875
2016	15	157	2	687	3	0	8	0	872
2017	16	128	0	706	2	0	4	0	856
2018	18	160	0	683	3	0	7	0	871
2019	8	185	0	716	1	1	1	0	912
2020	11	169	1	677	0	1	3	0	862
2021	3	119	2	622	0	0	3	0	749
2022	5	97	1	556	0	0	6	0	665
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	659	659
2024	4	104	0	529	1	0	7	0	645

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 Budlong Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1486	60.0	24.7	n/a
1989	1400	58.0	24.1	n/a
1990	1529	61.0	25.0	n/a
1991	1595	64.0	24.9	n/a
1992	1593	65.0	24.5	95
1993	1601	63.0	25.4	95
1994	1544	59.5	25.9	94.9
1995	1377	55.0	25.0	95
1996	1377	55.0	25.0	95
1997	1421	61.0	23.3	93.9
1998	1574	68.0	23.1	95
1999	1314	65.0	20.2	87.5
2000	1331	63.5	21.0	97.1
2001	1344	65.0	20.7	91.7
2002	1314	65.5	20.1	92.8
2003	1314	65.5	20.1	92.8
2004	1287	61.0	21.1	89.4
2005	1305	63.0	20.7	91.9
2006	1280	66.0	19.4	94.5
2007	1196	61.0	19.6	95.5
2008	1058	61.0	17.3	49.5
2009	1062	55.0	17.7	94.8
2010	1022	49.0	20.8	95.7
2011	925	n/a	n/a	56.6
2012	981	39.0	25.1	n/a
2013	962	40.0	24.0	60.1
2014	908	38.0	23.8	92.2
2015	875	37.0	23.6	89.3
2016	872	35.0	24.9	90.7
2017	856	34.0	25.1	87.3
2018	871	36.0	24.1	95.3
2019	912	36.0	25.3	94.7
2020	862	n/a	n/a	91.2
2021	749	36.0	20.8	95.2
2022	665	33.5	19.8	95.8
2023	659	32.0	20.5	96.5
2024	645	34.0	18.9	93.5

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 Budlong Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1486	60.0	24.7	n/a
1989	1400	58.0	24.1	n/a
1990	1529	61.0	25.0	n/a
1991	1595	64.0	24.9	n/a
1992	1593	65.0	24.5	95
1993	1601	63.0	25.4	95
1994	1544	59.5	25.9	94.9
1995	1377	55.0	25.0	95
1996	1377	55.0	25.0	95
1997	1421	61.0	23.3	93.9
1998	1574	68.0	23.1	95
1999	1314	65.0	20.2	87.5
2000	1331	63.5	21.0	97.1
2001	1344	65.0	20.7	91.7
2002	1314	65.5	20.1	92.8
2003	1314	65.5	20.1	92.8
2004	1287	61.0	21.1	89.4
2005	1305	63.0	20.7	91.9
2006	1280	66.0	19.4	94.5
2007	1196	61.0	19.6	95.5
2008	1058	61.0	17.3	49.5
2009	1062	55.0	17.7	94.8
2010	1022	49.0	20.8	95.7
2011	925	n/a	n/a	56.6
2012	981	39.0	25.1	n/a
2013	962	40.0	24.0	60.1
2014	908	38.0	23.8	92.2
2015	875	37.0	23.6	89.3
2016	872	35.0	24.9	90.7
2017	856	34.0	25.1	87.3
2018	871	36.0	24.1	95.3
2019	912	36.0	25.3	94.7
2020	862	n/a	n/a	91.2
2021	749	36.0	20.8	95.2
2022	665	33.5	19.8	95.8
2023	659	32.0	20.5	96.5
2024	645	34.0	18.9	93.5

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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