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Hawaiian Avenue Elementary

Los Angeles Unified Wilmington Los Angeles County 90744
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
876 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
479 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
22 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 92.9%
Black 5.2%
Other 1.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Hawaiian Avenue Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.6%
Met Standard16.5%
Below Standard75.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "25% proficient" for Hawaiian Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.6% of students exceeded standard while 16.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 12.6 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 19 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 20.8% exceeded — 12.2 points higher. 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 2.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

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

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
25.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
18.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
876
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 90 10.0% 11.1% 30.0% 48.9% 21.1%
4th 61 9.8% 13.1% 29.5% 47.5% 22.9%
5th 68 8.8% 23.5% 25.0% 42.6% 32.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 90 8.9% 16.7% 25.6% 48.9% 25.6%
4th 61 6.6% 22.9% 31.1% 39.3% 29.5%
5th 68 7.3% 11.8% 22.1% 58.8% 19.1%