Is Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary a good school?

Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary ranks 2910 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 499 students attended Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary?

Students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary are 75% Hispanic, 21% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Summary:

Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 472 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1568 districts in the state.

Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary consistently performs in the top half of California elementary schools, with particularly strong academic achievement in 3rd grade English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school excels in serving its African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner student populations, ranking in the top 30%, 40%, and 7% of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate, which has risen from 16.1% in 2017-2018 to 37.4% in 2022-2023, notably higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 97.67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Compared to nearby schools, Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary generally outperforms its neighbors in academic achievement, but struggles more with chronic absenteeism. For example, Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary and Ninety-Third Street Elementary have lower academic performance and higher rates of chronic absenteeism. However, Compton Avenue Elementary has a higher overall academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rate compared to Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and further supporting the school's low-socioeconomic status and English Language Learner populations could be key areas for improvement.

Detail:

Public K-6

9900 South Wadsworth Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90002-2746

(323) 564-2677

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2910^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,001

Student/teacher ratio: 20.7

Number of students: 499

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.9%

African American:

20.6%

Two or more races:

2.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary ranks better than 50.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 215^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 44.1. (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 (74.9%), African American (20.6%), two or more races (2.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary is 20.7. 316 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary employs 24 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary is $11,001. 299 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary 2910^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Ninety-Ninth 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 Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.80	3635^th	4809	24.4%
2005	18.45	4072^nd	4822	15.6%
2006	12.67	4496^th	4818	6.7%
2007	12.02	4825^th	5113	5.6%
2008	12.44	4798^th	5113	6.2%
2009	23.55	4167^th	5193	19.8%
2010	34.82	3503^rd	5314	34.1%
2011	33.40	3728^th	5377	30.7%
2012	43.39	3046^th	5390	43.5%
2013	51.68	2578^th	5530	53.4%
2015	21.38	4487^th	5611	20.0%
2016	27.18	3998^th	5614	28.8%
2017	46.01	2760^th	5692	51.5%
2018	41.57	3048^th	5662	46.2%
2019	42.95	3006^th	5789	48.1%
2022	47.80	2659^th	5883	54.8%
2023	45.65	2779^th	5874	52.7%
2024	44.10	2910^th	5862	50.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	80.11	313^th	3275	90.4%
2022	35.18	2188^th	3311	33.9%
2023	61.76	723^rd	3250	77.8%
2024	82.31	212^th	3160	93.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.44	1828^th	5084	64.0%
2019	56.16	1994^th	5173	61.5%
2022	67.59	1287^th	5264	75.6%
2023	63.11	1567^th	5374	70.8%
2024	55.51	2032^nd	5511	63.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.78	3101^st	5413	42.7%
2019	39.57	3132^nd	5492	43.0%
2022	52.37	2289^th	5635	59.4%
2023	47.24	2563^rd	5617	54.4%
2024	49.67	2428^th	5605	56.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	42.84	1200^th	2585	53.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.98	2846^th	5431	47.6%
2019	47.11	2599^th	5510	52.8%
2022	43.41	2812^th	5663	50.3%
2023	44.55	2772^nd	5650	50.9%
2024	40.01	3062^nd	5636	45.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.02	254^th	700	63.7%
2019	51.97	307^th	747	58.9%
2022	55.18	216^th	663	67.4%
2023	71.70	130^th	662	80.4%
2024	61.88	172^nd	593	71.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.13	1382^nd	4830	71.4%
2019	64.12	1456^th	4963	70.7%
2022	72.71	1034^th	5084	79.7%
2023	65.70	1369^th	5098	73.1%
2024	61.95	1572^nd	5102	69.2%

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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 Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	0	491	1	163	1	n/a	n/a	0	656
1989	0	523	0	197	0	n/a	n/a	0	720
1990	0	479	0	230	0	n/a	n/a	0	709
1991	1	442	0	250	0	n/a	n/a	0	693
1992	1	440	1	286	0	n/a	n/a	0	728
1993	0	376	0	306	0	n/a	n/a	0	682
1994	0	361	0	272	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
1995	0	302	0	249	1	n/a	n/a	0	552
1996	0	302	0	249	1	n/a	n/a	0	552
1997	0	324	0	274	1	n/a	n/a	0	599
1998	1	319	0	303	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
1999	1	303	0	323	0	n/a	n/a	0	627
2000	1	285	0	359	0	n/a	n/a	0	645
2001	0	292	0	394	0	n/a	n/a	0	686
2002	0	277	1	403	0	n/a	n/a	0	681
2003	0	277	1	403	0	n/a	n/a	0	681
2004	0	249	0	403	1	n/a	n/a	0	653
2005	0	203	0	422	0	n/a	n/a	0	625
2006	0	168	0	410	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
2007	1	154	0	398	1	n/a	n/a	0	554
2008	n/a	148	n/a	341	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	489
2009	0	146	0	351	0	0	0	0	497
2010	0	137	3	353	0	0	1	0	494
2011	0	153	2	417	0	0	13	0	585
2012	0	155	0	453	2	0	2	0	612
2013	0	158	1	457	2	0	0	0	618
2014	1	149	0	454	1	0	0	0	605
2015	7	174	0	470	0	0	4	0	655
2016	6	142	0	459	0	0	2	0	609
2017	10	121	0	447	0	0	1	0	579
2018	10	128	0	429	0	1	3	0	571
2019	9	126	1	432	0	2	0	0	570
2020	6	129	3	410	0	0	2	0	550
2021	6	101	3	394	0	0	3	0	507
2022	3	86	1	370	0	1	7	0	468
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	472	472
2024	8	103	1	374	0	1	12	0	499

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 Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	656	29.0	22.6	n/a
1989	720	28.0	25.7	n/a
1990	709	30.0	23.6	n/a
1991	693	30.0	23.1	n/a
1992	728	30.5	23.8	94.9
1993	682	30.0	22.7	95
1994	633	26.0	24.3	94.9
1995	552	24.0	23.0	94.9
1996	552	24.0	23.0	94.9
1997	599	29.0	20.7	95
1998	623	34.0	18.3	94.9
1999	627	35.0	17.9	82.8
2000	645	31.0	20.8	97.1
2001	686	35.0	19.6	92.6
2002	681	37.0	18.4	93.2
2003	681	37.0	18.4	93.2
2004	653	35.0	18.7	95.1
2005	625	34.0	18.4	98.2
2006	578	32.0	18.1	76.3
2007	554	29.0	19.1	94.6
2008	489	31.6	15.5	76.9
2009	497	29.0	15.7	97.2
2010	494	24.0	20.5	90.9
2011	585	n/a	n/a	47.4
2012	612	23.0	26.6	n/a
2013	618	25.0	24.7	58.4
2014	605	25.0	24.2	92.1
2015	655	27.0	24.2	94.5
2016	609	26.0	23.4	92.1
2017	579	26.0	22.2	89.1
2018	571	24.0	23.7	95.8
2019	570	25.0	22.8	93
2020	550	n/a	n/a	96
2021	507	24.0	21.1	97
2022	468	24.0	19.5	97.4
2023	472	22.0	21.4	97.7
2024	499	24.0	20.7	95.6

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 Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	656	29.0	22.6	n/a
1989	720	28.0	25.7	n/a
1990	709	30.0	23.6	n/a
1991	693	30.0	23.1	n/a
1992	728	30.5	23.8	94.9
1993	682	30.0	22.7	95
1994	633	26.0	24.3	94.9
1995	552	24.0	23.0	94.9
1996	552	24.0	23.0	94.9
1997	599	29.0	20.7	95
1998	623	34.0	18.3	94.9
1999	627	35.0	17.9	82.8
2000	645	31.0	20.8	97.1
2001	686	35.0	19.6	92.6
2002	681	37.0	18.4	93.2
2003	681	37.0	18.4	93.2
2004	653	35.0	18.7	95.1
2005	625	34.0	18.4	98.2
2006	578	32.0	18.1	76.3
2007	554	29.0	19.1	94.6
2008	489	31.6	15.5	76.9
2009	497	29.0	15.7	97.2
2010	494	24.0	20.5	90.9
2011	585	n/a	n/a	47.4
2012	612	23.0	26.6	n/a
2013	618	25.0	24.7	58.4
2014	605	25.0	24.2	92.1
2015	655	27.0	24.2	94.5
2016	609	26.0	23.4	92.1
2017	579	26.0	22.2	89.1
2018	571	24.0	23.7	95.8
2019	570	25.0	22.8	93
2020	550	n/a	n/a	96
2021	507	24.0	21.1	97
2022	468	24.0	19.5	97.4
2023	472	22.0	21.4	97.7
2024	499	24.0	20.7	95.6

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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