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Shirley Avenue Elementary

Los Angeles Unified Reseda Los Angeles County 91335
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
702 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
416 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
88%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 78.6%
White 8.2%
Asian 3.9%
Black 1.7%
Other 7.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Shirley Avenue Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard20.5%
Met Standard24.7%
Below Standard54.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "45% proficient" for Shirley Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

20.5% of students exceeded standard while 24.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Compared to the 23 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.9 points higher (vs 17.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 0.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 22.4%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
20.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
45.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-0.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
22.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
702
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 70 21.4% 25.7% 27.1% 25.7% 47.1%
4th 44 9.1% 22.7% 25.0% 43.2% 31.8%
5th 61 24.6% 37.7% 9.8% 27.9% 62.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 71 32.4% 23.9% 22.5% 21.1% 56.3%
4th 45 6.7% 24.4% 42.2% 26.7% 31.1%
5th 60 26.7% 13.3% 23.3% 36.7% 40.0%