Summary
Barton Hill Elementary is a Los Angeles Unified K–5 school in San Pedro serving 329 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency results were below state and district averages in English language arts (ELA), math and science. Science is the sharpest concern: 11% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide, 32% in Los Angeles Unified and a 45% average across nine nearby schools. Barton Hill had the lowest science result among the ten schools, about 33 points below the nearby average—the clearest sign of how far its results lag.
Math is the school’s relative bright spot against state and district results, but remains low locally. Proficiency was 32% in math, compared with 38% statewide and 40% districtwide; it was still the second-lowest result among nearby schools, whose average was 51%. ELA was 33%, versus 49% statewide and 48% districtwide, and was also second-lowest locally, against a nearby average of 57%. Grade results point to specific challenges: fifth-grade ELA was 27%, the lowest among nearby schools, while fourth-grade math was 26%, second-lowest. The strongest grade-level results were third-grade ELA at 40% and fifth-grade math at 35%, but neither was above the state result for that grade.
Results have improved overall since 2022–2023: ELA rose 5 percentage points, math 5 points and science 7 points, though the gains were not steady year to year. Chronic absenteeism also fell, from 46% in 2021–2022 to 27% in 2025–2026; it remains above the district’s 23% and state’s 18%. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 29th percentile with one star, up from the 21st percentile in 2021–2022; only Hawaiian Avenue Elementary ranked lower among the ten nearby schools. In 2024–2025, 19.3 students per teacher was the second-lowest ratio locally, and 96% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with an 87% average among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Hispanic students was at the 47th percentile in 2025–2026, above the school’s 29th-percentile overall ranking. Its English Language Learner ranking was at the 4th percentile in 2022–2023, compared with the school’s 25th-percentile overall ranking that year.
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