Is Sixty-First Street Elementary a good school?

Sixty-First Street Elementary ranks 4022 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sixty-First Street Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 616 students attended Sixty-First Street Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sixty-First Street Elementary?

Students at Sixty-First Street Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 11% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Sixty-First Street Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sixty-First Street Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Augustus Hawkins High

Sixty-First Street Elementary

Summary:

Sixty-First Street Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 596 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Sixty-First Street Elementary faces significant challenges compared to nearby schools. The school has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 20.8% in 2017-2018 to 53.9% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the 21.8% at Estrella Elementary, 46.1% at Gerald A. Lawson Academy, and 40.9% at Budlong Avenue Elementary. Additionally, Sixty-First Street Elementary consistently underperforms the district and state in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates ranging from 24.59% to 35.8% in English Language Arts and 11.48% to 39.47% in Math, compared to higher averages for the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California.

Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio, Sixty-First Street Elementary's performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 4,164 out of 5,530 California elementary schools in 2012-2013 to 5,267 out of 5,883 in 2021-2022. The school's struggles are particularly concerning for its most vulnerable student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, who consistently rank in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools. Addressing the underlying factors contributing to these challenges will be crucial for improving outcomes at Sixty-First Street Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

6020 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90003-1020

(323) 759-1138

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4022^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,178

Students who attend Sixty-First Street Elementary usually attend:

High:

Augustus Hawkins High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.2

Number of students: 616

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.9%

African American:

10.9%

Two or more races:

3.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 98.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sixty-First Street Elementary ranks worse than 68.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 346^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 28.9. (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 (84.9%), African American (10.9%), two or more races (3.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 98.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sixty-First Street Elementary is 19.2, which is the 181^st best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Sixty-First Street Elementary employs 32 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sixty-First Street Elementary is $11,178. 275 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sixty-First Street Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sixty-First Street Elementary 4022^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sixty-First 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 Sixty-First Street Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	29.56	3269^th	4809	32.0%
2005	27.34	3457^th	4822	28.3%
2006	24.84	3660^th	4818	24.0%
2007	31.93	3437^th	5113	32.8%
2008	21.81	4208^th	5113	17.7%
2009	19.03	4497^th	5193	13.4%
2010	22.74	4402^nd	5314	17.2%
2011	21.14	4598^th	5377	14.5%
2012	28.03	4088^th	5390	24.2%
2013	28.50	4164^th	5530	24.7%
2015	14.50	5147^th	5611	8.3%
2016	15.23	5025^th	5614	10.5%
2017	11.29	5414^th	5692	4.9%
2018	15.00	5101^st	5662	9.9%
2019	22.57	4580^th	5789	20.9%
2022	16.00	5267^th	5883	10.5%
2023	16.23	5218^th	5874	11.2%
2024	28.90	4022^nd	5862	31.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.66	3196^th	3246	1.5%
2019	30.36	2464^th	3275	24.8%
2022	19.53	3222^nd	3311	2.7%
2023	25.80	2826^th	3250	13.0%
2024	68.31	455^th	3160	85.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	20.59	2167^th	2420	10.5%
2024	24.33	2147^th	2634	18.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.20	4392^nd	5084	13.6%
2019	33.64	3590^th	5173	30.6%
2022	23.42	4382^nd	5264	16.8%
2023	21.40	4598^th	5374	14.4%
2024	37.63	3319^th	5511	39.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	11.68	5153^rd	5413	4.8%
2019	23.39	4352^nd	5492	20.8%
2022	20.51	4680^th	5635	16.9%
2023	19.21	4773^rd	5617	15.0%
2024	28.84	3893^rd	5605	30.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	21.30	1962^nd	2227	11.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.32	4542^nd	5431	16.4%
2019	23.23	4364^th	5510	20.8%
2022	13.87	5308^th	5663	6.3%
2023	15.45	5127^th	5650	9.3%
2024	29.73	3834^th	5636	32.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.34	660^th	700	5.7%
2019	28.79	556^th	747	25.6%
2024	28.83	431^st	593	27.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sixty-First Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.67	4000^th	4830	17.2%
2019	35.88	3252^nd	4963	34.5%
2022	23.88	4206^th	5084	17.3%
2023	23.70	4209^th	5098	17.4%
2024	44.14	2667^th	5102	47.7%

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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

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Enrollment information for Sixty-First Street Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	3	472	8	454	0	n/a	n/a	0	937
1989	0	411	2	528	0	n/a	n/a	0	941
1990	2	421	1	597	1	n/a	n/a	0	1022
1991	0	378	1	636	0	n/a	n/a	0	1015
1992	0	360	5	632	0	n/a	n/a	0	997
1993	0	371	0	679	0	n/a	n/a	0	1050
1994	0	327	0	674	1	n/a	n/a	0	1002
1995	1	261	0	598	0	n/a	n/a	0	860
1996	1	261	0	598	0	n/a	n/a	0	860
1997	2	259	0	640	1	n/a	n/a	0	902
1998	1	235	1	596	3	n/a	n/a	0	836
1999	4	257	1	662	1	n/a	n/a	0	925
2000	1	231	0	713	3	n/a	n/a	0	948
2001	2	212	0	769	3	n/a	n/a	0	986
2002	4	194	0	789	2	n/a	n/a	0	989
2003	4	194	0	789	2	n/a	n/a	0	989
2004	5	190	2	785	1	n/a	n/a	0	983
2005	0	186	1	782	2	n/a	n/a	0	971
2006	6	165	1	793	2	n/a	n/a	0	967
2007	2	128	1	765	1	n/a	n/a	0	897
2008	2	127	2	723	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	854
2009	0	112	2	724	0	0	0	0	838
2010	1	119	2	707	1	0	0	0	830
2011	2	134	2	755	1	2	3	0	899
2012	0	69	1	489	0	0	2	0	561
2013	1	70	2	482	4	0	0	0	559
2014	1	73	0	508	2	0	1	0	585
2015	17	65	0	512	2	0	2	0	598
2016	21	61	0	478	0	0	3	0	563
2017	14	72	0	491	0	0	3	0	580
2018	14	76	0	526	0	0	3	0	619
2019	19	82	3	506	0	0	5	0	615
2020	17	83	4	550	2	1	8	0	665
2021	15	77	3	520	2	0	10	0	627
2022	4	69	2	468	1	0	10	0	554
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	596	596
2024	1	67	2	523	0	0	23	0	616

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 Sixty-First Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	937	41.0	22.8	n/a
1989	941	40.0	23.5	n/a
1990	1022	39.0	26.2	n/a
1991	1015	41.0	24.7	n/a
1992	997	41.7	23.9	95
1993	1050	38.5	27.3	95
1994	1002	36.5	27.5	94.9
1995	860	33.0	26.1	95
1996	860	33.0	26.1	95
1997	902	36.0	25.1	94.2
1998	836	42.0	19.9	95
1999	925	51.0	18.1	94.9
2000	948	49.0	19.3	91.9
2001	986	48.0	20.5	88.4
2002	989	52.0	19.0	90.5
2003	989	52.0	19.0	90.5
2004	983	47.0	20.9	91.3
2005	971	50.0	19.4	90.7
2006	967	49.0	19.7	90.5
2007	897	48.0	18.7	93.9
2008	854	50.0	17.1	91.7
2009	838	44.0	17.8	91.8
2010	830	39.0	21.2	92.2
2011	899	n/a	n/a	54.4
2012	561	25.0	22.4	n/a
2013	559	24.0	23.2	59.9
2014	585	25.0	23.4	92.3
2015	598	26.0	23.0	93.5
2016	563	25.0	22.5	90.6
2017	580	25.0	23.2	86.2
2018	619	28.5	21.7	94.2
2019	615	30.0	20.5	95
2020	665	n/a	n/a	94
2021	627	33.0	19.0	96.5
2022	554	32.0	17.3	97.3
2023	596	35.0	17.0	97.8
2024	616	32.0	19.2	98.5

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 Sixty-First Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	937	41.0	22.8	n/a
1989	941	40.0	23.5	n/a
1990	1022	39.0	26.2	n/a
1991	1015	41.0	24.7	n/a
1992	997	41.7	23.9	95
1993	1050	38.5	27.3	95
1994	1002	36.5	27.5	94.9
1995	860	33.0	26.1	95
1996	860	33.0	26.1	95
1997	902	36.0	25.1	94.2
1998	836	42.0	19.9	95
1999	925	51.0	18.1	94.9
2000	948	49.0	19.3	91.9
2001	986	48.0	20.5	88.4
2002	989	52.0	19.0	90.5
2003	989	52.0	19.0	90.5
2004	983	47.0	20.9	91.3
2005	971	50.0	19.4	90.7
2006	967	49.0	19.7	90.5
2007	897	48.0	18.7	93.9
2008	854	50.0	17.1	91.7
2009	838	44.0	17.8	91.8
2010	830	39.0	21.2	92.2
2011	899	n/a	n/a	54.4
2012	561	25.0	22.4	n/a
2013	559	24.0	23.2	59.9
2014	585	25.0	23.4	92.3
2015	598	26.0	23.0	93.5
2016	563	25.0	22.5	90.6
2017	580	25.0	23.2	86.2
2018	619	28.5	21.7	94.2
2019	615	30.0	20.5	95
2020	665	n/a	n/a	94
2021	627	33.0	19.0	96.5
2022	554	32.0	17.3	97.3
2023	596	35.0	17.0	97.8
2024	616	32.0	19.2	98.5

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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