Fifty-Second Street Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 7.7% |
| Met Standard | 12.0% |
| Below Standard | 80.4% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "20% proficient" for Fifty-Second Street Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
7.7% of students exceeded standard while 12.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 13.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 55 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.4% exceeded — 4.8 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 3.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 26.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 100 | 8.0% | 12.0% | 20.0% |
| 4th | 99 | 9.1% | 7.1% | 16.2% |
| 5th | 93 | 9.7% | 11.8% | 21.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 103 | 7.8% | 16.5% | 24.3% |
| 4th | 100 | 2.0% | 17.0% | 19.0% |
| 5th | 96 | 9.4% | 7.3% | 16.7% |
Nearby schools
55 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 38.8