Is Loren Miller Elementary a good school?

Loren Miller Elementary ranks 4348 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Loren Miller Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 591 students attended Loren Miller Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Loren Miller Elementary?

Students at Loren Miller Elementary are 84% Hispanic, 15% African American.

What schools do graduates of Loren Miller Elementary attend?

Students who attend Loren Miller Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Mary McLeod Bethune Middle High : Communication and Technical at Diego Rivera Learning Complex High : Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy High : John C. Fremont Senior High High : Mervyn M. Dymally High High : Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex High : Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex

Loren Miller Elementary

Summary:

Loren Miller Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 623 students in grades K-6. 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.

Loren Miller Elementary faces significant challenges, with chronic absenteeism rates that have risen from 15.0% in 2017-2018 to 38.6% in 2022-2023, well above the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently performs below the Los Angeles Unified School District and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 26.84% of Loren Miller students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance in Science (CAST) and Spanish (CSA) assessments is also significantly lower than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci performs better than Loren Miller Elementary across various metrics, including academic achievement, chronic absenteeism, and student-teacher ratios. However, the performance of other nearby schools, such as KIPP Empower Academy and Crete Academy, is mixed, with some outperforming Loren Miller and others underperforming. The high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and the increasing chronic absenteeism rates at Loren Miller Elementary may be contributing factors to the school's underperformance.

Detail:

Public K-6

830 West 77th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90044-5146

(323) 753-4445

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4348^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,444

Students who attend Loren Miller Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle
High:	Communication and Technical at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
	Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy
	John C. Fremont Senior High
	Mervyn M. Dymally High
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	Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
	Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex

Student/teacher ratio: 20.3

Number of students: 591

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.6%

African American:

14.7%

White:

0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 98.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Loren Miller Elementary ranks worse than 74.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 384^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 25.14. (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 (83.6%), African American (14.7%), two or more races (0.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 98.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Loren Miller Elementary is 20.3. 276 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Loren Miller Elementary employs 29 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Loren Miller Elementary is $9,444. 449 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Loren Miller Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Loren Miller Elementary 4348^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Loren Miller 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 Loren Miller Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	20.47	3902^nd	4809	18.9%
2005	16.07	4253^rd	4822	11.8%
2006	21.47	3887^th	4818	19.3%
2007	30.08	3570^th	5113	30.2%
2008	24.46	4009^th	5113	21.6%
2009	26.05	3975^th	5193	23.5%
2010	20.13	4589^th	5314	13.6%
2011	25.08	4329^th	5377	19.5%
2012	18.01	4771^st	5390	11.5%
2013	14.84	5059^th	5530	8.5%
2015	10.82	5433^rd	5611	3.2%
2016	6.68	5561^st	5614	0.9%
2017	10.95	5439^th	5692	4.4%
2018	18.97	4765^th	5662	15.8%
2019	16.13	5150^th	5789	11.0%
2022	22.64	4584^th	5883	22.1%
2023	21.44	4714^th	5874	19.7%
2024	25.14	4348^th	5862	25.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.61	3073^rd	3246	5.3%
2019	28.23	2616^th	3275	20.1%
2022	24.50	2972^nd	3311	10.2%
2023	29.47	2575^th	3250	20.8%
2024	42.38	1655^th	3160	47.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	26.73	2016^th	2634	23.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.70	3936^th	5084	22.6%
2019	22.92	4364^th	5173	15.6%
2022	32.77	3602^nd	5264	31.6%
2023	31.37	3787^th	5374	29.5%
2024	31.82	3794^th	5511	31.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.43	4207^th	5413	22.3%
2019	21.15	4529^th	5492	17.5%
2022	21.74	4536^th	5635	19.5%
2023	22.87	4442^nd	5617	20.9%
2024	26.98	4064^th	5605	27.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	22.10	1862^nd	2128	12.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.41	4930^th	5431	9.2%
2019	13.87	5129^th	5510	6.9%
2022	24.63	4271^st	5663	24.6%
2023	21.54	4569^th	5650	19.1%
2024	24.86	4280^th	5636	24.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.95	527^th	700	24.7%
2019	23.20	617^th	747	17.4%
2022	41.21	343^rd	663	48.3%
2023	32.99	425^th	662	35.8%
2024	29.80	418^th	593	29.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Loren Miller Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.11	3481^st	4830	27.9%
2019	25.46	4005^th	4963	19.3%
2022	34.21	3354^th	5084	34.0%
2023	34.87	3328^th	5098	34.7%
2024	40.56	2925^th	5102	42.7%

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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

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3)

33%

Reviews:

by a student
Thursday, January 23, 2020

I used to go here as a young one and it was pretty bad. The lunch sucked. I was bullied a lot. Some of the supervisors watched me get beat up once. The students there are the worst. There was a lock down because the school had a poor security system. But some of the teachers like Mrs. Arguello really made an impact on me. Close Quote

by a citizen
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Loren Miller under the new Principal Mrs. Fuuches have incorporated technology into the everyday instruction and have provided students with a new sense of awareness in their academic strengths. I think Loren Miller is on its way to higher standards. I see better things in store for Loren Miller. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Loren Miller Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1	895	0	347	0	n/a	n/a	0	1243
1989	0	763	3	407	0	n/a	n/a	0	1173
1990	0	683	7	524	0	n/a	n/a	0	1214
1991	0	638	0	628	1	n/a	n/a	0	1267
1992	2	621	1	625	0	n/a	n/a	0	1249
1993	2	561	0	754	0	n/a	n/a	0	1317
1994	1	485	1	741	0	n/a	n/a	0	1228
1995	0	412	2	695	1	n/a	n/a	0	1110
1996	0	412	2	695	1	n/a	n/a	0	1110
1997	0	368	2	727	5	n/a	n/a	0	1102
1998	0	356	1	697	0	n/a	n/a	0	1054
1999	3	387	1	801	3	n/a	n/a	0	1195
2000	0	384	2	889	3	n/a	n/a	0	1278
2001	0	387	0	842	0	n/a	n/a	0	1229
2002	0	379	3	879	0	n/a	n/a	0	1261
2003	0	379	3	879	0	n/a	n/a	0	1261
2004	1	346	2	871	0	n/a	n/a	0	1220
2005	0	346	0	858	0	n/a	n/a	0	1204
2006	0	268	0	827	1	n/a	n/a	0	1096
2007	2	253	1	827	0	n/a	n/a	0	1083
2008	3	255	n/a	773	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1031
2009	3	228	1	782	2	3	1	0	1020
2010	1	207	0	760	2	3	0	0	973
2011	2	215	0	880	2	3	4	0	1106
2012	3	193	0	866	3	2	1	0	1068
2013	2	162	1	694	3	1	0	0	863
2014	5	155	3	681	2	1	0	0	847
2015	10	146	3	657	2	1	3	0	822
2016	12	140	0	644	1	1	4	0	802
2017	12	123	0	624	1	1	3	0	764
2018	11	122	0	616	0	1	5	0	755
2019	13	115	0	584	0	1	3	0	716
2020	11	110	0	605	0	1	9	0	736
2021	10	95	0	558	0	2	8	0	673
2022	2	91	0	517	0	0	5	0	615
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	623	623
2024	5	87	0	494	0	0	5	0	591

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 Loren Miller Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1243	48.0	25.8	n/a
1989	1173	48.0	24.4	n/a
1990	1214	47.0	25.8	n/a
1991	1267	48.0	26.3	n/a
1992	1249	48.8	25.5	95
1993	1317	51.0	25.8	91.6
1994	1228	48.0	25.6	95
1995	1110	46.0	24.1	95
1996	1110	46.0	24.1	95
1997	1102	47.0	23.4	94.7
1998	1054	54.0	19.5	89.7
1999	1195	59.0	20.3	95
2000	1278	62.0	20.6	95.9
2001	1229	59.0	20.8	99.3
2002	1261	64.0	19.7	89.1
2003	1261	64.0	19.7	89.1
2004	1220	62.0	19.7	96.6
2005	1204	57.0	21.1	94.4
2006	1096	57.0	19.2	97.1
2007	1083	54.0	20.1	90.6
2008	1031	61.0	16.9	93.7
2009	1020	53.0	17.6	93
2010	973	48.0	20.2	92.5
2011	1106	n/a	n/a	57.9
2012	1068	43.5	24.5	n/a
2013	863	36.0	23.9	74.4
2014	847	36.0	23.5	76.7
2015	822	32.0	25.6	82
2016	802	34.0	23.5	96
2017	764	30.0	25.4	92.4
2018	755	31.0	24.3	97.4
2019	716	30.0	23.8	97.1
2020	736	n/a	n/a	97.4
2021	673	31.0	21.7	98.1
2022	615	28.5	21.5	97.1
2023	623	28.0	22.2	97.4
2024	591	29.0	20.3	98.8

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 Loren Miller Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1243	48.0	25.8	n/a
1989	1173	48.0	24.4	n/a
1990	1214	47.0	25.8	n/a
1991	1267	48.0	26.3	n/a
1992	1249	48.8	25.5	95
1993	1317	51.0	25.8	91.6
1994	1228	48.0	25.6	95
1995	1110	46.0	24.1	95
1996	1110	46.0	24.1	95
1997	1102	47.0	23.4	94.7
1998	1054	54.0	19.5	89.7
1999	1195	59.0	20.3	95
2000	1278	62.0	20.6	95.9
2001	1229	59.0	20.8	99.3
2002	1261	64.0	19.7	89.1
2003	1261	64.0	19.7	89.1
2004	1220	62.0	19.7	96.6
2005	1204	57.0	21.1	94.4
2006	1096	57.0	19.2	97.1
2007	1083	54.0	20.1	90.6
2008	1031	61.0	16.9	93.7
2009	1020	53.0	17.6	93
2010	973	48.0	20.2	92.5
2011	1106	n/a	n/a	57.9
2012	1068	43.5	24.5	n/a
2013	863	36.0	23.9	74.4
2014	847	36.0	23.5	76.7
2015	822	32.0	25.6	82
2016	802	34.0	23.5	96
2017	764	30.0	25.4	92.4
2018	755	31.0	24.3	97.4
2019	716	30.0	23.8	97.1
2020	736	n/a	n/a	97.4
2021	673	31.0	21.7	98.1
2022	615	28.5	21.5	97.1
2023	623	28.0	22.2	97.4
2024	591	29.0	20.3	98.8

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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