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Christopher Dena Elementary

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Christopher Dena Elementary ranks 3787 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3787^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of California elementary schools

Summary

Christopher Dena Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 313 students in the Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles area, part of the Los Angeles Unified district, which has shown significant long-term academic improvement over the past decade.

The school has notable strengths, including a chronic absenteeism rate (16.8%) that is better than the district and state averages, and it has been particularly effective in supporting its English Language Learner students, ranking in the 83rd percentile for this group in 2023-2024. Compared to nearby schools like Lorena Street Elementary and Sunrise Elementary, Christopher Dena has a stronger attendance record, though it trails academically behind some peers like Soto Street Elementary and the charter school KIPP Promesa Prep.

Areas for attention include science proficiency, where only 11.11% of students met standards, and a consistent performance gap where male students outperform female students. The school's per-student spending is higher than some similar schools, but this does not always correlate with higher academic outcomes, suggesting a focus on how resources are used. Overall, Christopher Dena provides stable instruction and excels at getting students to school regularly, a critical foundation for learning.

313

Students ?

19.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$33,462

Per pupil spending ?

94.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1314 Dacotah St.
Los Angeles, CA 90023-2707

(323) 269-9222

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Christopher Dena Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hollenbeck Middle
	Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory
High:	Boyle Heights Hilda Solis High
	Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High
	Theodore Roosevelt Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.9%

African American:

2.9%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2013 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Science scores 22 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg39%

California avg41%

3,787^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 22 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

342^nd of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	3787 of 5857	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.4	3279 of 5869	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.9	2887 of 5859	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.5	3650 of 5883	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.2	4527 of 5789	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.0	4760 of 5662	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	27.7	4033 of 5692	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.4	4227 of 5614	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.7	4869 of 5611	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.3	4855 of 5530	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	13.7	5037 of 5390	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	11.9	5131 of 5377	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.4	5096 of 5314	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	13.3	4837 of 5193	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	16.0	4599 of 5113	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	11.3	4859 of 5113	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	15.7	4307 of 4818	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	11.9	4533 of 4822	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	15.4	4314 of 4809	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	65.4	528 of 3162	83.3%	★★★★☆
2023	32.5	2351 of 3245	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	51.0	1143 of 3311	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	24.7	2886 of 3275	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.1	3237 of 3246	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.9	4093 of 5597	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.2	3397 of 5612	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	2979 of 5609	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.1	3408 of 5635	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.4	3947 of 5492	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	4293 of 5413	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.4	2467 of 5107	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.6	1861 of 5107	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.7	1625 of 5087	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.8	2403 of 5084	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.2	3459 of 4963	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.2	3751 of 4830	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.9	2812 of 5460	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.6	2416 of 5517	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	1846 of 5363	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.2	2383 of 5264	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.2	3496 of 5173	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.9	3920 of 5084	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	3298 of 5628	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.2	2994 of 5643	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.4	2661 of 5638	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.2	3593 of 5663	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.1	4814 of 5510	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	4910 of 5431	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)83rd percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)41st percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy34%-15 vs state

Mathematics34%-4 vs state

Science11%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Christopher Dena Elementary	Public	K-6	1314 Dacotah St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-9222	313	16	19.5	94.9%	3 (1.0%)	9 (2.9%)	297 (94.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	32.1	3787^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.3%		38.4	3279^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.1%	508	11.1		11.1	30.8	26.5	36.5	41.9			34.0	38.5	30.6	34.9	30.2			33.5	93.9			93.9			$33,462	$6,282	$27,180
Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center	Public	K-2	2750 East Hostetter St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 981-0270	86	4	21.5	98.8%	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	84 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$45,767	$9,560	$36,207
Sunrise Elementary	Public	K-6	2821 East Seventh St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 263-6744	385	21	18.3	97.4%	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	374 (97.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	32.8	3744^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.1%		31.5	3810^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.1%	66	10.4		10.4	29.3	20.9	33.3	51.0			34.0	51.7	15.9	29.2	26.9			32.2	92.9	97.1	97.1	94.3	95.7	95.7	$31,996	$5,696	$26,300
Lorena Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1015 South Lorena St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 268-1128	383	21	18.2	99.7%	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	375 (97.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22	4677^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.1%		15.7	5238^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.8%	561	12.3		12.3	32.8	22.0	24.7				26.8	39.4	24.0	16.9				26.7	95.2				95.2		$30,976	$6,992	$23,984
KIPP Endeavor College Preparatory Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1263 South Soto St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	KIPP Endeavor College Preparatory Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 800-4125	518	23	22.4	74.1%	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	496 (95.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	33.2	3700^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.8%		27	4201^st of 5869 public elementary schools	28.4%	501	27.3	22.2	24.6	32.7	44.3	31.5	36.5	38.3	44.4	38.3	32.0	45.2	14.6	17.5	21.3	27.0	26.3							$22,787	$3,641	$19,146
KIPP Promesa Prep	Public, Charter	K-4	1241 South Soto St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	KIPP Promesa Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 486-6400	495	22	22.1	86.1%	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.4%)	480 (97.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	76.6	1306^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.7%		44.3	2903^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	50.5%	1597				54.4	55.9					55.2	67.8	58.3					62.9	97.1	98.1	98.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	$23,149	$1,626	$21,523
Euclid Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	806 Euclid Ave.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 263-6792	578	30	19.2	89.8%	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	567 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	48.7	2666^th of 5857 public elementary schools	54.5%		31.2	3840^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.6%	1174	22.6		22.6	45.0	47.8	41.5				44.6	51.0	46.7	31.4				42.8	96.9				97.6		$25,245	$5,188	$20,057
Soto Street Elementary	Public	K-6	1020 South Soto St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 262-6513	186	12	15.4	87.1%	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	176 (94.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	59.3	2098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.2%		45.2	2847^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.5%	749	30.0		30.0	41.7	64.3	43.3	59.3			50.5	58.3	60.0	36.7	39.3			46.4							$37,656	$5,889	$31,767
First Street Elementary	Public	K-6	2820 East First St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-0138	349	16	21.8	94.6%	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	340 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	51.5	2528^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%		37.1	3359^th of 5869 public elementary schools	42.8%	831	14.8		14.8	80.4	37.0	34.0	51.7			51.6	73.2	39.1	24.1	34.5			43.0	91.4	95.1		93.8	93.8	95.1	$28,256	$6,802	$21,454
Breed Street Elementary	Public	K-6	2226 East Third St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-4343	258	17	15.1	96.9%	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	250 (96.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	37.2	3397^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.0%		28.3	4089^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.3%	692	26.8		26.8	37.5	29.0	42.5	36.0			36.7	36.4	35.5	36.6	22.2			33.3							$34,222	$5,626	$28,596

Frequently Asked Questions about Christopher Dena Elementary

What district is Christopher Dena Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

What schools do graduates of Christopher Dena Elementary attend?

Students who attend Christopher Dena Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hollenbeck Middle
Middle : Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory
High : Boyle Heights Hilda Solis High
High : Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High
High : Theodore Roosevelt Senior High

Is Christopher Dena Elementary a good school?

Christopher Dena Elementary ranks 3787^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Christopher Dena Elementary?

Students at Christopher Dena Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 3% African American.

How many students attend Christopher Dena Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 313 students attended Christopher Dena Elementary.

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