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Parmelee Avenue Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,438 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
716 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
35 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 96.5%
White 0.4%
Black 1.8%
Other 1.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Parmelee Avenue Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard13.8%
Met Standard21.3%
Below Standard64.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "35% proficient" for Parmelee Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

13.8% of students exceeded standard while 21.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.3 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 13.6% 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 0.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 27.8%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
13.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
35.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
27.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,438
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 96 20.8% 18.8% 32.3% 28.1% 39.6%
4th 83 7.2% 20.5% 22.9% 49.4% 27.7%
5th 92 17.4% 23.9% 20.6% 38.0% 41.3%
6th 87 10.3% 34.5% 33.3% 21.8% 44.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 96 19.8% 15.6% 31.3% 33.3% 35.4%
4th 85 3.5% 17.6% 34.1% 44.7% 21.2%
5th 93 14.0% 20.4% 26.9% 38.7% 34.4%
6th 87 17.2% 19.5% 32.2% 31.0% 36.8%