Coliseum Street Elementary: Scores climb 15.6 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But one in four miss a month of school or more.
Coliseum Street's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 13% | 26% | +15.6 | 31.9% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Coliseum Street Elementary scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 69th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🚀 Growth Engine — Ask how the school tracks each kid's growth year to year, and what happens when a kid stalls instead of gaining.
Most rating sites would stop at “26% proficient” and call it done. Coliseum Street deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +15.6pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 0th to the 69th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 3700 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 26% of students meet the standard today, above the 6% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 9% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 16% | 17% | 23% | 18% | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 0% | 19% | 15% | 24% | 46% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 13% | 14% | 7% | 18% | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 0% | 6% | 15% | 21% | 40% |
| Grade 5 | 0% | 5% | 11% | 3% | 14% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 10.4pp across grades; the floor rises 35.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Coliseum Street Elementary in Los Angeles, 28.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Coliseum Street Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 12.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (23.1% Math proficient); Black students (23.1% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 78 students tested.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 32.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$3,974 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 218 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27 | 7% | 4% | 19% | 70% | 11% | −32 |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 24% | 4% | 16% | 56% | 28% | −17 |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 18% | 29% | 11% | 43% | 46% | −1 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27 | 0% | 19% | 22% | 59% | 19% | −27 |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 24% | 16% | 28% | 32% | 40% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 4% | 11% | 14% | 71% | 14% | −21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 28 | 0% | 18% | 54% | 29% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 78 | 28.2% | −13 | −10 |
| Black/African American | 39 | 23.1% | −13 | −10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 37 | 35.1% | −6 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliseum Street Elementary ← | — | 51 | 12.8% | 26.4% | +15.6 | 0.6% |
| Marvin Elementary | 1.6 mi | 60 | 32.0% | 52.4% | −3.5 | 0.1% |
| Saturn Street Elementary | 2.1 mi | 58 | 25.8% | 45.1% | −7.8 | 0.2% |
| Queen Anne Place Elementary | 2.4 mi | 58 | 29.6% | 56.4% | +7.1 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | #5505 | 1.4% | 6.3% | 28.1% | 0.9% | -10.9pp |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | #5395 | 2.5% | 12.0% | 60.3% | 1.5% | -0.4pp |
| 2023 | 31 | 30 | #4009 | 3.4% | 13.5% | 50.9% | 0.5% | +4.2pp |
| 2024 | 28 | 13 | #4979 | 3.5% | 16.4% | 35.7% | 0.6% | -2.3pp |
| 2025 | 51 | 69 | #1797 | 12.8% | 26.4% | 31.9% | 0.6% | +15.6pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 10 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 28.9% | 35.0% | +6.1pp |
| Male | 29.9% | 34.0% | +4.1pp |
| Black/African American | 39.2% | 30.9% | -8.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 20.2% | 35.5% | +15.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 43.9% | 31.7% | -12.2pp |
| English Learners | 14.3% | 22.2% | +7.9pp |
| Foster Youth | 0.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 36.4% | 42.9% | +6.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 30.8% | 35.5% | +4.7pp |
| All Students | 29.4% | 34.5% | +5.1pp |
| Filipino | — | 54.5% | — |
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