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Columbus Avenue

Los Angeles Unified Van Nuys Los Angeles County 91405
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
796 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
397 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
94%
Teachers
21 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 90.4%
White 5.3%
Asian 1.5%
Black 1.3%
Other 1.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Columbus Avenue
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.3%
Met Standard19.6%
Below Standard70.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Columbus Avenue and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.3% of students exceeded standard while 19.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 10.9 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 19.5% exceeded — 9.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 9.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
29.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-9.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
17.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
796
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 66 10.6% 24.2% 22.7% 42.4% 34.9%
4th 63 7.9% 20.6% 17.5% 54.0% 28.6%
5th 67 11.9% 23.9% 20.9% 43.3% 35.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 68 16.2% 23.5% 17.6% 42.6% 39.7%
4th 67 6.0% 14.9% 28.4% 50.8% 20.9%
5th 67 9.0% 10.4% 25.4% 55.2% 19.4%