Is San Gabriel Avenue Elementary a good school?

San Gabriel Avenue Elementary ranks 4151 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend San Gabriel Avenue Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 490 students attended San Gabriel Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of San Gabriel Avenue Elementary?

Students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary are 100% Not Specified.

What schools do graduates of San Gabriel Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend San Gabriel Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : South Gate Middle High : International Studies Learning Center at Legacy High School Complex High : Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High School Complex High : South East High High : South Gate Senior High High : Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex

San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Summary:

San Gabriel Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in South Gate, California, serving 490 students in grades K-5 as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. However, the school faces several key challenges, including high chronic absenteeism, consistently low academic performance, and significant disparities in student group outcomes.

San Gabriel Avenue Elementary has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.6% in 2017-2018 to 39.3% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. The school also consistently scores below the Los Angeles Unified and California state averages on Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and CAST Science assessments. While some nearby schools, such as Bryson Avenue Elementary and Victoria Avenue Elementary, demonstrate significantly higher performance, San Gabriel Avenue Elementary lags behind.

Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Hispanic students and English Language Learners tending to perform better than the overall school, while Special Education and Disabled students lag behind. The school's ranking for Disabled students is particularly low, placing it in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools. These disparities, combined with the school's high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (over 96%), suggest that addressing socioeconomic factors and providing targeted support for vulnerable populations may be crucial for improving the overall performance of San Gabriel Avenue Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-5

8628 San Gabriel Ave.
South Gate, CA 90280-3112

(323) 567-1488

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4151^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,214

Students who attend San Gabriel Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	South Gate Middle
High:	International Studies Learning Center at Legacy High School Complex
	Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High School Complex
	South East High
	South Gate Senior High
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	Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex

Student/teacher ratio: 19.6

Number of students: 490

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:

100.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details San Gabriel Avenue Elementary ranks worse than 70.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 362^nd among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.52. (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

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary is 19.6, which is the 201^st best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary is $10,214. 377 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

San Gabriel Avenue Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks San Gabriel Avenue Elementary 4151^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See San Gabriel 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 San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

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Rank History for all students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	17.39	4169^th	4809	13.3%
2005	17.73	4125^th	4822	14.5%
2006	17.87	4142^nd	4818	14.0%
2007	15.14	4632^nd	5113	9.4%
2008	18.94	4405^th	5113	13.8%
2009	22.50	4248^th	5193	18.2%
2010	21.44	4503^rd	5314	15.3%
2011	19.81	4698^th	5377	12.6%
2012	21.91	4521^st	5390	16.1%
2013	29.49	4089^th	5530	26.1%
2015	28.58	3817^th	5611	32.0%
2016	28.15	3915^th	5614	30.3%
2017	32.42	3649^th	5692	35.9%
2018	21.94	4515^th	5662	20.3%
2019	28.77	4032^nd	5789	30.4%
2022	32.90	3627^th	5883	38.3%
2023	28.91	3990^th	5874	32.1%
2024	27.52	4151^st	5862	29.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.25	3173^rd	3246	2.2%
2019	19.36	3216^th	3275	1.8%
2022	29.23	2670^th	3311	19.4%
2023	31.06	2466^th	3250	24.1%
2024	35.02	2177^th	3160	31.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.75	1559^th	2420	35.6%
2024	23.60	2193^rd	2634	16.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.70	3714^th	5084	26.9%
2019	38.54	3232^nd	5173	37.5%
2022	48.13	2393^rd	5264	54.5%
2023	40.11	3058^th	5374	43.1%
2024	36.30	3432^nd	5511	37.7%

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Rank History for Female students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.69	4261^st	5413	21.3%
2019	25.59	4184^th	5492	23.8%
2022	33.62	3447^th	5635	38.8%
2023	25.94	4144^th	5617	26.2%
2024	28.05	3970^th	5605	29.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	15.72	2573^rd	2585	0.5%
2022	18.67	2063^rd	2227	7.4%

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Rank History for Male students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.90	4484^th	5431	17.4%
2019	33.23	3519^th	5510	36.1%
2022	32.55	3572^nd	5663	36.9%
2023	35.18	3401^st	5650	39.8%
2024	27.86	4014^th	5636	28.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.48	3308^th	4830	31.5%
2019	40.49	2927^th	4963	41.0%
2022	47.15	2385^th	5084	53.1%
2023	42.73	2703^rd	5098	47.0%
2024	40.51	2930^th	5102	42.6%

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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 San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	40	7	8	931	0	n/a	n/a	0	986
1989	42	6	19	930	0	n/a	n/a	0	997
1990	17	0	3	868	1	n/a	n/a	0	889
1991	21	3	3	887	1	n/a	n/a	0	915
1992	21	4	2	912	1	n/a	n/a	0	940
1993	16	2	3	992	1	n/a	n/a	0	1014
1994	20	1	3	983	2	n/a	n/a	0	1009
1995	15	2	3	1027	2	n/a	n/a	0	1049
1996	15	2	3	1027	2	n/a	n/a	0	1049
1997	17	3	2	1003	0	n/a	n/a	0	1025
1998	18	2	3	959	2	n/a	n/a	0	984
1999	14	2	4	981	2	n/a	n/a	0	1003
2000	13	2	2	979	4	n/a	n/a	0	1000
2001	10	4	3	1002	6	n/a	n/a	0	1025
2002	5	4	0	1001	3	n/a	n/a	0	1013
2003	5	4	0	1001	3	n/a	n/a	0	1013
2004	3	3	0	1040	3	n/a	n/a	0	1049
2005	3	0	0	1020	4	n/a	n/a	0	1027
2006	2	1	1	947	4	n/a	n/a	0	955
2007	3	1	0	846	4	n/a	n/a	0	854
2008	1	2	1	816	8	n/a	n/a	0	828
2009	2	1	1	815	12	0	0	0	831
2010	2	2	1	773	6	0	0	0	784
2011	2	2	1	667	5	0	2	0	679
2012	1	4	0	660	5	0	1	0	671
2013	1	2	0	671	4	0	0	0	678
2014	2	2	0	639	3	0	0	0	646
2015	11	2	1	626	1	0	2	0	643
2016	12	3	1	602	1	0	2	0	621
2017	18	4	2	595	2	0	0	0	621
2018	17	2	2	616	0	0	0	0	637
2019	16	1	2	565	1	0	4	0	589
2020	15	2	2	566	0	0	0	0	585
2021	13	2	1	556	0	0	0	0	572
2022	13	1	1	471	0	0	0	0	486
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	490	490

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 San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	986	41.0	24.0	n/a
1989	997	40.0	24.9	n/a
1990	889	39.9	22.2	n/a
1991	915	41.5	22.0	n/a
1992	940	42.2	22.2	95
1993	1014	40.0	25.4	95
1994	1009	39.0	25.9	94.9
1995	1049	38.5	27.2	94.9
1996	1049	38.5	27.2	94.9
1997	1025	39.5	25.9	94.9
1998	984	43.5	22.6	94.9
1999	1003	48.0	20.9	94.9
2000	1000	50.0	20.0	88
2001	1025	48.0	21.4	95.6
2002	1013	51.0	19.9	95.5
2003	1013	51.0	19.9	95.5
2004	1049	53.0	19.8	94.1
2005	1027	52.0	19.8	93.2
2006	955	48.0	19.9	89.8
2007	854	44.0	19.4	90.6
2008	828	45.0	18.4	91.2
2009	831	44.0	17.7	92.7
2010	784	41.0	19.1	94.4
2011	679	n/a	n/a	91.6
2012	671	30.0	22.3	n/a
2013	678	30.0	22.6	74.8
2014	646	29.0	22.2	90.7
2015	643	28.0	22.9	86.9
2016	621	27.0	23.0	90.2
2017	621	27.0	23.0	82.3
2018	637	27.0	23.5	89.8
2019	589	26.0	22.6	90.7
2020	585	n/a	n/a	90.8
2021	572	25.0	22.8	92.5
2022	486	26.5	18.3	94
2023	490	25.0	19.6	96.1

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 San Gabriel Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	986	41.0	24.0	n/a
1989	997	40.0	24.9	n/a
1990	889	39.9	22.2	n/a
1991	915	41.5	22.0	n/a
1992	940	42.2	22.2	95
1993	1014	40.0	25.4	95
1994	1009	39.0	25.9	94.9
1995	1049	38.5	27.2	94.9
1996	1049	38.5	27.2	94.9
1997	1025	39.5	25.9	94.9
1998	984	43.5	22.6	94.9
1999	1003	48.0	20.9	94.9
2000	1000	50.0	20.0	88
2001	1025	48.0	21.4	95.6
2002	1013	51.0	19.9	95.5
2003	1013	51.0	19.9	95.5
2004	1049	53.0	19.8	94.1
2005	1027	52.0	19.8	93.2
2006	955	48.0	19.9	89.8
2007	854	44.0	19.4	90.6
2008	828	45.0	18.4	91.2
2009	831	44.0	17.7	92.7
2010	784	41.0	19.1	94.4
2011	679	n/a	n/a	91.6
2012	671	30.0	22.3	n/a
2013	678	30.0	22.6	74.8
2014	646	29.0	22.2	90.7
2015	643	28.0	22.9	86.9
2016	621	27.0	23.0	90.2
2017	621	27.0	23.0	82.3
2018	637	27.0	23.5	89.8
2019	589	26.0	22.6	90.7
2020	585	n/a	n/a	90.8
2021	572	25.0	22.8	92.5
2022	486	26.5	18.3	94
2023	490	25.0	19.6	96.1

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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