Is Gates Street Elementary a good school?

Gates Street Elementary ranks 2776 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Gates Street Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 461 students attended Gates Street Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Gates Street Elementary?

Students at Gates Street Elementary are 80% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 2% White, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Gates Street Elementary attend?

Students who attend Gates Street Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Abraham Lincoln Senior High High : Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Gates Street Elementary

Summary:

Gates Street Elementary is a public elementary school serving 470 students in grades K-5 in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, the school faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism and below-average test scores compared to the district and state averages.

Gates Street Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.4% in 2017-2018 to 33.7% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the Los Angeles Unified and state averages. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are 39.11% and 42.54%, respectively, compared to the district's 43.06% and 32.83%, and the state's 47.04% and 35.54%. While English Language Learners and Low Socioeconomic Status students perform relatively better, students with disabilities and special education students lag behind their peers.

Comparing Gates Street Elementary to nearby schools, Multnomah Street Elementary, located just 0.8 miles away, outperforms Gates Street across most metrics, including higher test scores and lower chronic absenteeism. Additionally, PUC Milagro Charter, a public charter school 0.87 miles from Gates Street, significantly outperforms the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with proficiency rates over 70% in both subjects. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, over 92%, suggests that Gates Street Elementary serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the challenges it faces.

Detail:

Public K-5

3333 Manitou Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90031-2813

(323) 225-9574

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2776^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,370

Students who attend Gates Street Elementary usually attend:

High:	Abraham Lincoln Senior High
	Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.0

Number of students: 461

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.6%

Asian:

16.3%

White:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Gates Street Elementary ranks better than 52.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 195^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 46.25. (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 (79.6%), Asian (16.3%), White (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 92.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gates Street Elementary is 20, which is the 249^th best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Gates Street Elementary employs 23 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gates Street Elementary is $11,370, which is the 252^nd highest among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gates Street Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Gates Street Elementary 2776^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Gates Street 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 Gates Street Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	20.88	3874^th	4809	19.4%
2005	20.87	3909^th	4822	18.9%
2006	31.02	3240^th	4818	32.8%
2007	22.34	4106^th	5113	19.7%
2008	22.40	4166^th	5113	18.5%
2009	29.16	3771^st	5193	27.4%
2010	31.96	3704^th	5314	30.3%
2011	36.21	3518^th	5377	34.6%
2012	43.22	3055^th	5390	43.3%
2013	42.14	3179^th	5530	42.5%
2015	21.67	4457^th	5611	20.6%
2016	23.57	4294^th	5614	23.5%
2017	23.20	4410^th	5692	22.5%
2018	28.50	3946^th	5662	30.3%
2019	28.58	4057^th	5789	29.9%
2022	43.43	2888^th	5883	50.9%
2023	49.59	2556^th	5874	56.5%
2024	46.25	2776^th	5862	52.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.38	3083^rd	3246	5.0%
2019	23.20	2998^th	3275	8.5%
2022	40.92	1745^th	3311	47.3%
2023	43.62	1575^th	3250	51.5%
2024	58.50	782^nd	3160	75.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.18	1737^th	2420	28.2%
2024	25.23	2097^th	2634	20.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.66	2840^th	5084	44.1%
2019	44.18	2810^th	5173	45.7%
2022	60.04	1676^th	5264	68.2%
2023	62.11	1625^th	5374	69.8%
2024	54.45	2089^th	5511	62.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.21	3820^th	5413	29.4%
2019	34.33	3469^th	5492	36.8%
2022	49.86	2415^th	5635	57.1%
2023	56.37	2110^th	5617	62.4%
2024	44.56	2757^th	5605	50.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.03	1390^th	2128	34.7%
2019	33.34	1612^th	2585	37.6%
2022	22.26	1905^th	2227	14.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.49	3814^th	5431	29.8%
2019	24.59	4228^th	5510	23.3%
2022	35.41	3321^st	5663	41.4%
2023	42.63	2891^st	5650	48.8%
2024	47.15	2619^th	5636	53.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.46	740^th	1071	30.9%
2019	42.59	794^th	1149	30.9%
2022	62.91	545^th	1154	52.8%
2023	59.75	610^th	1190	48.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gates Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.80	3918^th	4830	18.9%
2019	24.82	4042^nd	4963	18.6%
2022	44.33	2572^nd	5084	49.4%
2023	47.09	2420^th	5098	52.5%
2024	48.01	2398^th	5102	53.0%

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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 Gates Street Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	4	7	370	823	3	n/a	n/a	0	1207
1989	3	5	336	802	2	n/a	n/a	0	1148
1990	5	11	344	777	3	n/a	n/a	0	1140
1991	1	1	347	872	0	n/a	n/a	0	1221
1992	1	4	324	900	1	n/a	n/a	0	1230
1993	2	2	308	902	2	n/a	n/a	0	1216
1994	3	1	297	888	2	n/a	n/a	0	1191
1995	5	1	214	798	0	n/a	n/a	0	1018
1996	5	1	214	798	0	n/a	n/a	0	1018
1997	4	1	204	769	1	n/a	n/a	0	979
1998	7	6	196	796	0	n/a	n/a	0	1005
1999	6	6	199	818	1	n/a	n/a	0	1030
2000	8	5	188	816	3	n/a	n/a	0	1020
2001	9	12	185	872	4	n/a	n/a	0	1082
2002	6	7	207	848	4	n/a	n/a	0	1072
2003	6	7	207	848	4	n/a	n/a	0	1072
2004	8	8	190	831	4	n/a	n/a	0	1041
2005	4	5	177	782	6	n/a	n/a	0	974
2006	6	7	170	710	5	n/a	n/a	0	898
2007	4	5	160	669	3	n/a	n/a	0	841
2008	10	7	146	639	2	n/a	n/a	0	804
2009	3	3	138	638	4	0	0	0	786
2010	2	9	127	598	4	0	0	0	740
2011	6	7	115	633	4	0	2	0	767
2012	6	8	117	578	2	1	0	0	712
2013	3	6	135	594	2	1	1	0	742
2014	4	6	150	565	3	1	0	0	729
2015	2	14	136	546	2	2	4	0	706
2016	7	14	141	567	2	1	5	0	737
2017	20	12	131	543	2	0	4	0	712
2018	6	11	124	511	2	0	4	0	658
2019	10	9	106	505	2	0	1	0	633
2020	10	9	101	476	1	0	2	0	599
2021	11	11	93	451	1	0	2	0	569
2022	12	1	85	387	1	0	4	0	490
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	470	470
2024	10	7	75	367	0	0	2	0	461

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 Gates Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1207	51.0	23.6	n/a
1989	1148	52.0	22.0	n/a
1990	1140	50.0	22.8	n/a
1991	1221	49.0	24.9	n/a
1992	1230	49.8	24.6	95
1993	1216	47.0	25.9	94.8
1994	1191	45.0	26.5	95
1995	1018	41.0	24.8	82.2
1996	1018	41.0	24.8	82.2
1997	979	44.0	22.3	95
1998	1005	52.5	19.1	94.9
1999	1030	57.5	17.9	80.3
2000	1020	53.5	19.1	97.5
2001	1082	55.0	19.7	93
2002	1072	54.5	19.7	87.9
2003	1072	54.5	19.7	87.9
2004	1041	55.0	18.9	91.4
2005	974	49.0	19.9	93.9
2006	898	46.0	19.5	93.4
2007	841	44.0	19.1	50.8
2008	804	47.0	17.1	48.4
2009	786	43.0	17.1	94.8
2010	740	38.0	19.4	98.4
2011	767	n/a	n/a	45.9
2012	712	30.0	23.7	n/a
2013	742	31.0	23.9	53.6
2014	729	31.0	23.5	87.9
2015	706	31.0	22.7	89.7
2016	737	30.0	24.5	90.5
2017	712	33.0	21.5	85.5
2018	658	31.0	21.2	90.6
2019	633	29.0	21.8	87.7
2020	599	n/a	n/a	93.5
2021	569	29.0	19.6	94.2
2022	490	26.0	18.8	93.1
2023	470	25.0	18.8	92.6
2024	461	23.0	20.0	92.8

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 Gates Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1207	51.0	23.6	n/a
1989	1148	52.0	22.0	n/a
1990	1140	50.0	22.8	n/a
1991	1221	49.0	24.9	n/a
1992	1230	49.8	24.6	95
1993	1216	47.0	25.9	94.8
1994	1191	45.0	26.5	95
1995	1018	41.0	24.8	82.2
1996	1018	41.0	24.8	82.2
1997	979	44.0	22.3	95
1998	1005	52.5	19.1	94.9
1999	1030	57.5	17.9	80.3
2000	1020	53.5	19.1	97.5
2001	1082	55.0	19.7	93
2002	1072	54.5	19.7	87.9
2003	1072	54.5	19.7	87.9
2004	1041	55.0	18.9	91.4
2005	974	49.0	19.9	93.9
2006	898	46.0	19.5	93.4
2007	841	44.0	19.1	50.8
2008	804	47.0	17.1	48.4
2009	786	43.0	17.1	94.8
2010	740	38.0	19.4	98.4
2011	767	n/a	n/a	45.9
2012	712	30.0	23.7	n/a
2013	742	31.0	23.9	53.6
2014	729	31.0	23.5	87.9
2015	706	31.0	22.7	89.7
2016	737	30.0	24.5	90.5
2017	712	33.0	21.5	85.5
2018	658	31.0	21.2	90.6
2019	633	29.0	21.8	87.7
2020	599	n/a	n/a	93.5
2021	569	29.0	19.6	94.2
2022	490	26.0	18.8	93.1
2023	470	25.0	18.8	92.6
2024	461	23.0	20.0	92.8

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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