Is Union Avenue Elementary a good school?

Union Avenue Elementary ranks 3367 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Union Avenue Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 833 students attended Union Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Union Avenue Elementary?

Students at Union Avenue Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Union Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Union Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Sal Castro Middle High : Belmont Senior High High : Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community High : Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies High : Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice High : Edward R. Roybal Learning Center High : School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex

Union Avenue Elementary

Summary:

Union Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 847 students in grades K-5. 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.

Union Avenue Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past 10 years, with academic performance below the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (98.47% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) and a large population of Hispanic students and English Language Learners. Additionally, Union Avenue Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.1% in 2017-2018 to 27.5% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.

Nearby schools, such as Rosemont Avenue Elementary, Betty Plasencia Elementary, and Esperanza Elementary, have similar academic performance and demographic profiles to Union Avenue Elementary. However, some charter schools in the area, like Citizens of the World Charter School Silver Lake and Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, have outperformed Union Avenue Elementary and the surrounding district schools on standardized tests.

Detail:

Public K-5

150 South Burlington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90057-2506

(213) 483-1345

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3367^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,176

Students who attend Union Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sal Castro Middle
High:	Belmont Senior High
	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community
	Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies
	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
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	Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex

Student/teacher ratio: 21.3

Number of students: 833

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.8%

Asian:

2.0%

White:

0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Union Avenue Elementary ranks worse than 57.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 264^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 36.95. (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 (95.8%), Asian (2%), African American (0.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Union Avenue Elementary is 21.3. 369 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Union Avenue Elementary employs 39 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Union Avenue Elementary is $9,176. 463 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Union Avenue Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Union Avenue Elementary 3367^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Union 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 Union Avenue Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	18.63	4057^th	4809	15.6%
2005	15.21	4320^th	4822	10.4%
2006	22.06	3849^th	4818	20.1%
2007	26.70	3809^th	5113	25.5%
2008	23.58	4078^th	5113	20.2%
2009	22.57	4246^th	5193	18.2%
2010	18.04	4705^th	5314	11.5%
2011	23.82	4414^th	5377	17.9%
2012	26.80	4177^th	5390	22.5%
2013	38.76	3402^nd	5530	38.5%
2015	22.97	4331^st	5611	22.8%
2016	31.83	3623^rd	5614	35.5%
2017	40.16	3094^th	5692	45.6%
2018	39.19	3207^th	5662	43.4%
2019	35.56	3490^th	5789	39.7%
2022	28.02	4048^th	5883	31.2%
2023	31.33	3778^th	5874	35.7%
2024	36.95	3367^th	5862	42.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.61	1966^th	3246	39.4%
2019	33.15	2265^th	3275	30.8%
2022	27.38	2795^th	3311	15.6%
2023	23.23	2986^th	3250	8.1%
2024	34.60	2206^th	3160	30.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.61	2057^th	2420	15.0%
2024	33.95	1617^th	2634	38.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	56.34	1946^th	5084	61.7%
2019	53.05	2198^th	5173	57.5%
2022	42.11	2829^th	5264	46.3%
2023	45.45	2672^nd	5374	50.3%
2024	48.03	2526^th	5511	54.2%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.18	265^th	336	21.1%
2024	26.18	301^st	364	17.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.18	3472^nd	5413	35.9%
2019	33.25	3566^th	5492	35.1%
2022	27.93	3933^rd	5635	30.2%
2023	33.55	3460^th	5617	38.4%
2024	34.54	3446^th	5605	38.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	66.24	464^th	2128	78.2%
2019	41.91	1231^st	2585	52.4%
2022	29.68	1504^th	2227	32.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.68	2808^th	5431	48.3%
2019	37.93	3196^th	5510	42.0%
2022	28.92	3884^th	5663	31.4%
2023	29.78	3801^st	5650	32.7%
2024	38.68	3161^st	5636	43.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Union Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.85	1983^rd	4830	58.9%
2019	49.94	2288^th	4963	53.9%
2022	40.20	2890^th	5084	43.2%
2023	45.05	2553^rd	5098	49.9%
2024	51.91	2139^th	5102	58.1%

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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 Union Avenue Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	41	31	161	1942	7	n/a	n/a	0	2182
1989	28	19	176	2020	3	n/a	n/a	0	2246
1990	18	41	168	1995	5	n/a	n/a	0	2227
1991	9	11	134	1992	3	n/a	n/a	0	2149
1992	5	17	125	2076	9	n/a	n/a	0	2232
1993	6	28	101	1925	6	n/a	n/a	0	2066
1994	3	30	87	1659	4	n/a	n/a	0	1783
1995	1	29	71	1670	7	n/a	n/a	0	1778
1996	1	29	71	1670	7	n/a	n/a	0	1778
1997	4	50	69	1618	6	n/a	n/a	0	1747
1998	4	43	61	1717	6	n/a	n/a	0	1831
1999	7	38	65	1850	3	n/a	n/a	0	1963
2000	9	42	54	1910	1	n/a	n/a	0	2016
2001	10	47	59	1856	3	n/a	n/a	0	1975
2002	11	49	65	1803	4	n/a	n/a	0	1932
2003	11	49	65	1803	4	n/a	n/a	0	1932
2004	5	61	65	1723	3	n/a	n/a	0	1857
2005	3	31	42	1391	3	n/a	n/a	0	1470
2006	1	33	32	1254	2	n/a	n/a	0	1322
2007	3	22	31	1136	2	n/a	n/a	0	1194
2008	8	13	33	1090	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1144
2009	3	11	29	1054	0	0	1	0	1098
2010	2	8	20	1067	0	0	5	0	1102
2011	4	9	18	1064	0	0	7	0	1102
2012	2	10	26	1052	0	1	1	0	1092
2013	5	15	25	1029	0	0	0	0	1074
2014	3	17	29	1007	2	0	0	0	1058
2015	11	18	23	1072	0	0	7	0	1131
2016	16	19	25	1079	1	0	7	0	1147
2017	15	16	25	1083	1	0	1	0	1141
2018	17	13	23	1048	1	0	3	0	1105
2019	25	23	24	1004	1	0	1	0	1078
2020	19	22	25	997	1	0	4	0	1068
2021	11	21	21	925	0	0	6	0	984
2022	9	12	9	835	0	0	3	0	868
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	847	847
2024	7	7	17	798	0	0	4	0	833

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 Union Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2182	91.0	23.9	n/a
1989	2246	88.0	25.5	n/a
1990	2227	85.9	25.9	n/a
1991	2149	83.0	25.8	n/a
1992	2232	84.3	26.4	94.8
1993	2066	81.7	25.3	89.7
1994	1783	65.7	27.1	95
1995	1778	63.7	27.9	95
1996	1778	63.7	27.9	95
1997	1747	62.2	28.1	93.9
1998	1831	82.0	22.3	95
1999	1963	100.0	19.6	95
2000	2016	99.0	20.4	97.6
2001	1975	101.0	19.6	99.8
2002	1932	97.0	19.9	94.9
2003	1932	97.0	19.9	94.9
2004	1857	94.5	19.7	95.1
2005	1470	73.0	20.1	95.6
2006	1322	66.0	20.0	90.9
2007	1194	61.0	19.6	90.9
2008	1144	65.5	17.5	89.7
2009	1098	58.0	17.4	91
2010	1102	53.0	20.7	90.7
2011	1102	n/a	n/a	50.8
2012	1092	45.0	24.2	n/a
2013	1074	46.0	23.3	60.3
2014	1058	45.0	23.5	86.5
2015	1131	46.0	24.5	89.9
2016	1147	47.0	24.4	95.9
2017	1141	53.0	21.5	93.5
2018	1105	49.0	22.5	97.1
2019	1078	46.5	23.1	96.3
2020	1068	n/a	n/a	98
2021	984	44.0	22.3	98.8
2022	868	43.0	20.1	99
2023	847	39.5	21.4	98.5
2024	833	39.0	21.3	89.3

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 Union Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2182	91.0	23.9	n/a
1989	2246	88.0	25.5	n/a
1990	2227	85.9	25.9	n/a
1991	2149	83.0	25.8	n/a
1992	2232	84.3	26.4	94.8
1993	2066	81.7	25.3	89.7
1994	1783	65.7	27.1	95
1995	1778	63.7	27.9	95
1996	1778	63.7	27.9	95
1997	1747	62.2	28.1	93.9
1998	1831	82.0	22.3	95
1999	1963	100.0	19.6	95
2000	2016	99.0	20.4	97.6
2001	1975	101.0	19.6	99.8
2002	1932	97.0	19.9	94.9
2003	1932	97.0	19.9	94.9
2004	1857	94.5	19.7	95.1
2005	1470	73.0	20.1	95.6
2006	1322	66.0	20.0	90.9
2007	1194	61.0	19.6	90.9
2008	1144	65.5	17.5	89.7
2009	1098	58.0	17.4	91
2010	1102	53.0	20.7	90.7
2011	1102	n/a	n/a	50.8
2012	1092	45.0	24.2	n/a
2013	1074	46.0	23.3	60.3
2014	1058	45.0	23.5	86.5
2015	1131	46.0	24.5	89.9
2016	1147	47.0	24.4	95.9
2017	1141	53.0	21.5	93.5
2018	1105	49.0	22.5	97.1
2019	1078	46.5	23.1	96.3
2020	1068	n/a	n/a	98
2021	984	44.0	22.3	98.8
2022	868	43.0	20.1	99
2023	847	39.5	21.4	98.5
2024	833	39.0	21.3	89.3

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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