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One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
690 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
330 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 80.0%
White 0.9%
Black 17.3%
Other 1.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.9%
Met Standard22.7%
Below Standard64.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.9% of students exceeded standard while 22.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.3 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 14.7% exceeded — about the same. 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 4.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 19.8%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
35.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+4.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
19.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
690
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 54 16.7% 13.0% 13.0% 57.4% 29.6%
4th 65 13.8% 21.5% 9.2% 55.4% 35.4%
5th 53 3.8% 35.9% 17.0% 43.4% 39.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 54 11.1% 24.1% 16.7% 48.1% 35.2%
4th 66 16.7% 22.7% 18.2% 42.4% 39.4%
5th 53 15.1% 18.9% 15.1% 50.9% 34.0%