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Harding Street Elementary

Los Angeles Unified Sylmar Los Angeles County 91342
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
680 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
358 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
77%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 90.8%
White 3.1%
Asian 1.1%
Black 1.4%
Other 3.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Harding Street Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard23.1%
Met Standard19.2%
Below Standard57.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Harding Street Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

23.1% of students exceeded standard while 19.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Compared to the 13 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.3 points higher (vs 15.7% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 13.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 19.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
23.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+13.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
19.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
680
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 22.2% 20.6% 17.5% 39.7% 42.9%
4th 48 22.9% 18.8% 18.8% 39.6% 41.7%
5th 58 32.8% 31.0% 10.3% 25.9% 63.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 19.1% 19.1% 30.2% 31.8% 38.1%
4th 49 12.2% 10.2% 32.6% 44.9% 22.4%
5th 59 28.8% 15.3% 25.4% 30.5% 44.1%