Is Eshelman Avenue Elementary a good school?

Eshelman Avenue Elementary ranks 2655 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Eshelman Avenue Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 453 students attended Eshelman Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Eshelman Avenue Elementary?

Students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary are 100% Not Specified.

What schools do graduates of Eshelman Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Eshelman Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Alexander Fleming Middle High : Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles High : Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High

Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Summary:

Eshelman Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Lomita, California, serving 453 students in grades K-5 as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school faces several challenges, including lower academic performance, high chronic absenteeism rates, and a predominantly low-income student population.

Eshelman Avenue Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 12.4% in 2017-2018 to 42.2% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are also lower than the Los Angeles Unified and California state averages. However, the school has shown strong performance for its Hispanic and English Language Learner student subgroups, with higher rankings compared to other California elementary schools. Conversely, the school's performance for its Special Education and Disabled student subgroups is notably lower, ranking in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools.

Eshelman Avenue Elementary's performance is generally lower than the nearby Taper Avenue Elementary and Lomita Math/Science/Technology Magnet schools within the same district. However, it outperforms some other nearby schools outside the district, such as Hawaiian Avenue Elementary and Normont Elementary, which have even lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism rates. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Eshelman Avenue Elementary, ranging from 87.42% to 89.96%, suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income community, which may contribute to the lower academic performance.

Detail:

Public K-5

25902 Eshelman Ave.
Lomita, CA 90717-3223

(310) 326-1576

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2655^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,246

Students who attend Eshelman Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Alexander Fleming Middle
High:	Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles
	Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.5

Number of students: 453

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:

100.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Eshelman Avenue Elementary ranks better than 54.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 178^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 48.1. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Eshelman Avenue Elementary is 20.5. 273 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Eshelman Avenue Elementary is $10,246. 375 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Eshelman Avenue Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Eshelman Avenue Elementary 2655^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Eshelman Avenue Elementary in the ranking list.)

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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 Eshelman Avenue Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	33.92	3006^th	4809	37.5%
2005	36.51	2920^th	4822	39.4%
2006	38.44	2798^th	4818	41.9%
2007	52.90	2164^th	5113	57.7%
2008	58.05	1946^th	5113	61.9%
2009	45.35	2738^th	5193	47.3%
2010	51.19	2509^th	5314	52.8%
2011	58.37	2118^th	5377	60.6%
2012	62.03	1937^th	5390	64.1%
2013	59.60	2133^rd	5530	61.4%
2015	43.55	2819^th	5611	49.8%
2016	55.59	2205^th	5614	60.7%
2017	51.44	2471^st	5692	56.6%
2018	49.66	2584^th	5662	54.4%
2019	49.45	2628^th	5789	54.6%
2022	44.12	2843^rd	5883	51.7%
2023	46.70	2711^th	5874	53.8%
2024	48.10	2655^th	5862	54.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	52.59	1115^th	3275	66.0%
2023	34.09	2235^th	3250	31.2%
2024	59.28	756^th	3160	76.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

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

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.08	1510^th	5084	70.3%
2019	64.85	1464^th	5173	71.7%
2022	63.26	1500^th	5264	71.5%
2023	62.23	1613^th	5374	70.0%
2024	57.38	1944^th	5511	64.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	56.33	2165^th	5413	60.0%
2019	55.25	2218^th	5492	59.6%
2022	54.22	2200^th	5635	61.0%
2023	43.69	2770^th	5617	50.7%
2024	46.51	2618^th	5605	53.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.39	1476^th	2128	30.6%
2019	47.25	1057^th	2585	59.1%
2022	36.96	1201^st	2227	46.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.27	2835^th	5431	47.8%
2019	43.61	2803^rd	5510	49.1%
2022	35.94	3280^th	5663	42.1%
2023	49.23	2491^st	5650	55.9%
2024	48.79	2527^th	5636	55.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	66.30	172^nd	700	75.4%
2019	66.32	187^th	747	75.0%
2022	44.57	307^th	663	53.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Eshelman Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.99	946^th	4830	80.4%
2019	65.01	1410^th	4963	71.6%
2022	61.12	1571^st	5084	69.1%
2023	69.47	1202^nd	5098	76.4%
2024	63.04	1520^th	5102	70.2%

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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 Eshelman Avenue Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	351	56	50	248	0	n/a	n/a	0	705
1989	325	69	51	270	0	n/a	n/a	0	715
1990	350	97	51	281	2	n/a	n/a	0	781
1991	356	104	75	279	7	n/a	n/a	0	821
1992	302	110	76	297	8	n/a	n/a	0	793
1993	290	129	83	278	10	n/a	n/a	0	790
1994	282	135	85	289	6	n/a	n/a	0	797
1995	200	117	56	319	9	n/a	n/a	0	701
1996	200	117	56	319	9	n/a	n/a	0	701
1997	202	120	79	360	8	n/a	n/a	0	769
1998	158	126	77	367	4	n/a	n/a	0	732
1999	159	116	63	360	6	n/a	n/a	0	704
2000	177	98	72	395	7	n/a	n/a	0	749
2001	164	99	61	395	7	n/a	n/a	0	726
2002	136	111	68	386	15	n/a	n/a	0	716
2003	136	111	68	386	15	n/a	n/a	0	716
2004	133	111	76	439	8	n/a	n/a	0	767
2005	114	93	63	444	17	n/a	n/a	0	731
2006	96	97	42	444	13	n/a	n/a	0	692
2007	89	95	38	407	9	n/a	n/a	1	639
2008	81	81	35	387	7	n/a	n/a	0	591
2009	62	84	25	413	7	10	5	0	606
2010	58	86	33	417	5	11	1	0	611
2011	66	101	27	427	17	15	7	0	660
2012	75	100	28	440	12	5	0	0	660
2013	60	90	33	431	6	7	1	0	628
2014	52	120	27	418	8	3	0	0	628
2015	61	110	22	381	6	6	14	0	600
2016	69	102	29	377	4	6	9	0	596
2017	69	82	28	382	3	4	18	0	586
2018	66	75	28	362	2	7	23	0	563
2019	50	82	27	346	1	9	2	0	517
2020	44	61	16	318	1	6	27	0	473
2021	33	57	18	323	0	3	24	0	458
2022	36	58	13	307	0	2	21	0	437
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	453	453

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 Eshelman Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	705	28.0	25.1	n/a
1989	715	27.0	26.4	n/a
1990	781	28.5	27.4	n/a
1991	821	30.0	27.3	n/a
1992	793	30.5	26.0	56
1993	790	30.0	26.3	59.7
1994	797	30.0	26.6	65.7
1995	701	27.0	26.0	73
1996	701	27.0	26.0	73
1997	769	34.0	22.6	74.9
1998	732	36.0	20.3	76.9
1999	704	36.0	19.6	76.1
2000	749	39.0	19.2	75
2001	726	40.0	18.2	71.9
2002	716	39.5	18.1	77.4
2003	716	39.5	18.1	77.4
2004	767	38.0	20.2	78.1
2005	731	36.0	20.3	67.9
2006	692	35.0	19.8	81.6
2007	639	34.0	18.8	84.5
2008	591	33.0	17.9	84.6
2009	606	29.0	19.5	84.2
2010	611	28.0	21.8	83.5
2011	660	n/a	n/a	65.6
2012	660	27.0	24.4	n/a
2013	628	27.0	23.2	77.9
2014	628	27.0	23.2	84.2
2015	600	26.0	23.0	80.8
2016	596	24.0	24.8	84.4
2017	586	25.0	23.4	85.2
2018	563	24.0	23.4	83.7
2019	517	22.0	23.5	84.3
2020	473	n/a	n/a	87.9
2021	458	21.0	21.8	90
2022	437	20.0	21.8	87.6
2023	453	22.0	20.5	87.4

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 Eshelman Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	705	28.0	25.1	n/a
1989	715	27.0	26.4	n/a
1990	781	28.5	27.4	n/a
1991	821	30.0	27.3	n/a
1992	793	30.5	26.0	56
1993	790	30.0	26.3	59.7
1994	797	30.0	26.6	65.7
1995	701	27.0	26.0	73
1996	701	27.0	26.0	73
1997	769	34.0	22.6	74.9
1998	732	36.0	20.3	76.9
1999	704	36.0	19.6	76.1
2000	749	39.0	19.2	75
2001	726	40.0	18.2	71.9
2002	716	39.5	18.1	77.4
2003	716	39.5	18.1	77.4
2004	767	38.0	20.2	78.1
2005	731	36.0	20.3	67.9
2006	692	35.0	19.8	81.6
2007	639	34.0	18.8	84.5
2008	591	33.0	17.9	84.6
2009	606	29.0	19.5	84.2
2010	611	28.0	21.8	83.5
2011	660	n/a	n/a	65.6
2012	660	27.0	24.4	n/a
2013	628	27.0	23.2	77.9
2014	628	27.0	23.2	84.2
2015	600	26.0	23.0	80.8
2016	596	24.0	24.8	84.4
2017	586	25.0	23.4	85.2
2018	563	24.0	23.4	83.7
2019	517	22.0	23.5	84.3
2020	473	n/a	n/a	87.9
2021	458	21.0	21.8	90
2022	437	20.0	21.8	87.6
2023	453	22.0	20.5	87.4

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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