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Lorena Street Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4677^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of California elementary schools

Summary

Lorena Street Elementary is a K-5 public school in the Los Angeles Unified district, serving 383 students in a community where nearly every child qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with test scores in English, math, and science well below both district and state averages. Its statewide ranking is in the bottom 20% of elementary schools, and it has a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.9%, which is higher than most neighbors. When compared to nearby schools, the performance gaps are notable; for example, Soto Street Elementary and Christopher Dena Elementary have substantially higher proficiency rates and lower absenteeism, despite serving similar communities. The school also shows a concerning pattern where student performance declines in higher grades.

Interestingly, Lorena Street Elementary receives more funding per student than some higher-performing schools like Rowan Avenue Elementary, suggesting factors beyond money are at play. Nearby charter schools like KIPP Promesa Prep also achieve stronger results with similar student demographics. This indicates that improvement is possible, and the school's recent slight gains in ranking and reduction in absenteeism from pandemic highs are positive signs that focused strategies could lead to better outcomes for students.

383

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,976

Per pupil spending ?

99.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1015 South Lorena St.
Los Angeles, CA 90023-2222

(323) 268-1128

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Lorena Street Elementary usually attend:

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:

97.9%

White:

1.0%

Asian:

0.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2013 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 22 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg39%

California avg41%

4,677^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

437^th 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	22.0	4677 of 5857	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	5238 of 5869	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	4952 of 5859	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4985 of 5883	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	5169 of 5789	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	4472 of 5662	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.4	4746 of 5692	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.8	5153 of 5614	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	16.5	4938 of 5611	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	20.4	4709 of 5530	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.5	4613 of 5390	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	12.6	5097 of 5377	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	10.9	5119 of 5314	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	19.4	4470 of 5193	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.9	4126 of 5113	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	27.6	3731 of 5113	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.7	3945 of 4818	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	21.7	3848 of 4822	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.8	3499 of 4809	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	31.4	1425 of 2227	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.1	2485 of 2585	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	1558 of 2128	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	26.4	2776 of 3162	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	2965 of 3245	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	37.2	2022 of 3311	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.4	3153 of 3275	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	3195 of 3246	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	4493 of 5597	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	4485 of 5612	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	4980 of 5609	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	4372 of 5635	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	4436 of 5492	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	4289 of 5413	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	3660 of 5107	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	4362 of 5107	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	3902 of 5087	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	4065 of 5084	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	4265 of 4963	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.9	3416 of 4830	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	3922 of 5460	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	4697 of 5517	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	4141 of 5363	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	4126 of 5264	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	4375 of 5173	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.7	3643 of 5084	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	4467 of 5628	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.1	5304 of 5643	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	4559 of 5638	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	5017 of 5663	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	5232 of 5510	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4270 of 5431	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	2388 of 2847	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.5	2626 of 2635	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	2382 of 2420	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)36th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile~ school

Female (2025)20th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)12th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Mathematics27%-11 vs state

Science12%-20 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
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
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
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
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
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
Rowan Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	600 South Rowan Ave.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 261-7191	598	29	20.6	95.7%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	576 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	27.4	4179^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.6%		29.5	3965^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.4%	214	19.2		19.2	34.0	32.1	32.7				32.9	29.9	24.5	28.6				27.7	95.8	97.5		96.6	98.3	97.5	$25,685	$5,190	$20,495
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
Amanecer Primary Center	Public	K-2	832 South Eastman Ave.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 264-6494	97	5	19.4	93.8%	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	89 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.2%)								(n/a)																								$36,876	$6,757	$30,119

Frequently Asked Questions about Lorena Street Elementary

Is Lorena Street Elementary a good school?

Lorena Street Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.1% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Lorena Street Elementary?

Students at Lorena Street Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Lorena Street Elementary attend?

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

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

What district is Lorena Street Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend Lorena Street Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 383 students attended Lorena Street Elementary.

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