Summary
Emelita Street Elementary serves 275 students in grades K–5 in Encino, within Los Angeles Unified. Among the 10 nearby schools in this comparison, it has a smaller-than-average enrollment, and its test results show a clear contrast between subjects. The most important concern is mathematics: proficiency was 33%, 7 points below the district and 16 points below the nearby-school average, and the school ranked second-lowest among the 11 schools compared.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state and district: 37% of students were proficient, 1 point above the state and 5 points above the district, though 2 points below the nearby-school average. ELA proficiency was 39%, 10 points below the state, 9 below the district, and 12 below the nearby average. Grade 4 math stands out as a particular weakness: 27% were proficient, 16 points below the state, and only one nearby school had a lower result. Grade 5 ELA is comparatively stronger within the school at 46%, just 3 points below the state, but seven nearby schools scored higher.
Results over time add concern for ELA and math: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 9 points and math fell 5, while state results improved in both subjects. Science rose 3 points overall, but its results fluctuated considerably between years. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also declined, from the 61st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 44th percentile in 2025–2026; it gives the school 2 stars, and seven nearby schools rank higher. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Male Students, a measure of how well the school serves that group, fell to the 28th percentile from 52; its ranking for Hispanic Students fell to the 31st percentile from 62. Context includes a 19.6 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, below the nearby average of 21.0, and 71% free/reduced lunch eligible that year, close to the comparable nearby-school average of 70%. These context measures do not explain the test results.
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