Sixty-First Street Elementary: Scores climb 3.7 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But one in four miss a month of school or more.
Sixty-First Street's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61 | 19% | 38% | -3.7 | 25.6% | 0.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Sixty-First Street Elementary scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 84th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “38% proficient” and call it done. Sixty-First Street deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +3.7pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 49th to the 84th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1900 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 38% of students meet the standard today, above the 30% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 25% | 15% | 15% | 25% | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 33% | 12% | 17% | 33% | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 40% | 20% | 15% | 36% | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 23% | 36% | 24% | 25% | 65% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27% | 23% | 24% | 39% | 48% |
| Grade 4 | 21% | 8% | 29% | 24% | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 31% | 11% | 7% | 33% | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 7% | 21% | 20% | 11% | 84% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 3.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Sixty-First Street Elementary in Los Angeles, 41.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sixty-First Street Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (47.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (43.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.1 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 249 students tested.
5 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (40.5% vs 21.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$2,830 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 54
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 48
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 57
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% | 20% | 22% | 40% | 38% | −5 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% | 12% | 23% | 45% | 32% | −13 |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% | 24% | 24% | 34% | 41% | −7 |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 30% | 35% | 19% | 16% | 65% | +19 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 88 | 24% | 24% | 15% | 38% | 48% | +2 |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 12% | 22% | 26% | 40% | 34% | −7 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 20% | 17% | 39% | 24% | 37% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 65% | 19% | 5% | 12% | 84% | +49 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 60 | 8% | 10% | 60% | 22% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 249 | 41.8% | +1 | +4 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 220 | 43.6% | +3 | +5 |
| English Learners | 77 | 10.4% | +3 | −0 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixty-First Street Elementary ← | — | 61 | 18.8% | 38.5% | −3.7 | 0.4% |
| West Vernon Avenue Elementary | 1.4 mi | 57 | 19.1% | 41.8% | +5.9 | 0.1% |
| Ascot Avenue Elementary | 2.3 mi | 53 | 20.7% | 42.7% | +10.1 | 0.1% |
| New Heights Charter | 2.7 mi | 52 | 18.1% | 35.9% | −9.3 | 0.6% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 42 | 49 | #2825 | 9.7% | 29.5% | 31.2% | 0.0% | +10.0pp |
| 2022 | 22 | 13 | #5002 | 5.0% | 14.6% | 53.5% | 0.2% | -3.5pp |
| 2023 | 27 | 19 | #4649 | 7.6% | 17.8% | 41.0% | 0.1% | -8.3pp |
| 2024 | 52 | 72 | #1594 | 16.0% | 31.8% | 32.1% | 0.4% | +1.9pp |
| 2025 | 61 | 84 | #927 | 18.8% | 38.5% | 25.6% | 0.4% | -3.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 33.0% | 30.3% | -2.7pp |
| Male | 30.0% | 22.4% | -7.6pp |
| Black/African American | 48.6% | 44.8% | -3.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 29.4% | 23.7% | -5.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 31.2% | 27.8% | -3.4pp |
| English Learners | 33.8% | 25.6% | -8.2pp |
| Foster Youth | 27.8% | — | — |
| Homeless | 54.5% | 52.0% | -2.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 31.7% | 26.2% | -5.5pp |
| All Students | 31.5% | 26.1% | -5.4pp |
| Filipino | — | 38.9% | — |
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