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Harrison Street Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4611th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of California elementary schools
Summary

Harrison Street Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 229 students in the City Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles, operating within the Los Angeles Unified district.

Academically, the school performs below state and district averages, with test scores showing significant variation between grade levels; for example, fourth graders scored well above average in 2024-2025, while fifth graders scored far below. The school has shown a remarkable improvement in student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism by 30 percentage points over three years. It also maintains a very low student-teacher ratio of 14.3 to 1 and spends more per student than most nearby schools, including higher-performing ones like City Terrace Elementary and Multnomah Street Elementary.

While the school's overall ranking is low, it has improved from its lowest point and shows relative strengths in Spanish Language Arts and has historically performed well with students in special education. The existence of higher-achieving schools in the same area with similar student demographics indicates that strong academic outcomes are possible within this community context.

229
Students ?
14.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$39,335
Per pupil spending ?
95.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3529 City Terrace Dr.
       Los Angeles, CA  90063-3741

(323) 263-9191

District: Los Angeles Unified


Students who attend Harrison Street Elementary usually attend:

High:    Abraham Lincoln Senior High
    Woodrow Wilson Senior High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
95.2%
Two or more races:
1.7%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2013 → 21st in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2013
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 25 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school22%
District avg39%
California avg41%
4,611th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
432nd of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified
791st 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202522.84611 of 585721.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.64513 of 586923.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.65340 of 58598.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.05667 of 58833.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.05244 of 57899.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.05099 of 56629.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201719.14780 of 569216.0%★☆☆☆☆
201616.64902 of 561412.7%★☆☆☆☆
201518.04843 of 561113.7%★☆☆☆☆
201313.95115 of 55307.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201213.05075 of 53905.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201118.94746 of 537711.7%★☆☆☆☆
201011.85066 of 53144.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200913.54831 of 51937.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200817.44502 of 511311.9%★☆☆☆☆
20078.94972 of 51132.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200610.54605 of 48184.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200513.44432 of 48228.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200417.64154 of 480913.6%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202222.11917 of 222713.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202430.82502 of 316220.9%★☆☆☆☆
202323.02993 of 32457.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202229.52650 of 331120.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.13269 of 32750.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.63162 of 32462.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202523.44397 of 559721.4%★☆☆☆☆
202425.84172 of 561225.7%★☆☆☆☆
202310.75465 of 56092.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.85494 of 56352.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.35185 of 54925.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.44945 of 54138.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202528.33868 of 510724.3%★☆☆☆☆
202430.43714 of 510727.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.14399 of 508713.5%★☆☆☆☆
202213.84864 of 50844.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.44339 of 496312.6%★☆☆☆☆
201820.94191 of 483013.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202526.34258 of 546022.0%★☆☆☆☆
202428.34125 of 551725.2%★☆☆☆☆
202319.14772 of 536311.0%★☆☆☆☆
202214.25012 of 52644.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.94434 of 517314.3%★☆☆☆☆
201822.74284 of 508415.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202523.64417 of 562821.5%★☆☆☆☆
202416.94997 of 564311.4%★☆☆☆☆
202320.84640 of 563817.7%★☆☆☆☆
202212.85388 of 56634.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.24546 of 551017.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.04820 of 543111.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202429.01885 of 263528.5%★☆☆☆☆
202335.51409 of 242041.8%★★☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2024)28th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)24th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)22nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)21st percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)14th percentile+10 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy24%-25 vs state
Mathematics24%-13 vs state
Science10%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 229 students attended Harrison Street Elementary.

Harrison Street Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.3% of California elementary schools.

Students at Harrison Street Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% White, 1% African American.

Students who attend Harrison Street Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Abraham Lincoln Senior High
High : Woodrow Wilson Senior High


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