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Gault Street Elementary

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Gault Street Elementary ranks 3544 th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3544^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of California elementary schools

Summary

Gault Street Elementary is a Los Angeles Unified K–5 school in Lake Balboa, serving 298 students. Its clearest academic concern is English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA): in 2025–2026, 33% of students were proficient overall, and third-grade proficiency was just 18%—about 26 points below the state result.

ELA is the school’s weakest subject compared with nearby schools, the state, and the district: its 33% proficiency was 16 points below California, 15 below Los Angeles Unified, and 14 below the nearby-school average; it ranked fourth-lowest among 11 local schools. Math was also below the state and district, at 34% versus 38% and 40%, and was 11 points below the nearby average. Science is a relative local strength: 30% proficiency was 3 points below the nearby average and 2 below the district, though still 6 below the state. Fifth grade stands out positively: ELA proficiency was 51% and math was 42%, both above state results.

Results have moved in different directions over time: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 17 points and math fell 10, while science rose 6. Chronic absenteeism also improved, dropping from 41% in 2021–2022 to 17% in 2025–2026—below the district’s 23% and the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger gives the school 2 stars and ranks it at the 39th percentile statewide, down from the 62nd percentile in 2022–2023. Its student-teacher ratio is 19.8:1, close to the nearby average of 20.4:1. The school reported that 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, close to the nearby average of 83%; this is context, not an explanation for results. SchoolDigger’s comparative ranking for Special Education Students was notably higher than the overall ranking: the 66th percentile (rank 989 of 2,920), versus 39th overall. For English Language Learner Students, the ranking rose from the 36th percentile in 2018–2019 to the 82nd in 2022–2023, when the school’s overall standing was at the 62nd percentile.

298

Students ?

19.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,413

Per pupil spending ?

87.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

≥ 98%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

17000 Gault St.
Lake Balboa, CA 91406-3607

(818) 343-1933

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Gault Street Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

William Mulholland Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

80.2%

White:

9.7%

Two or more races:

4.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 62nd percentile in 2023 → 39th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 62nd-percentile peak (2023) to 39th (2026)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 16 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg42%

California avg42%

3,544^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 15 pts since 2016

From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 39% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

715^th of 1,530Los 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
2026	35.5	3544 of 5817	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.2	3468 of 5857	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.7	2813 of 5869	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.4	2217 of 5859	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.0	3534 of 5883	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.8	4721 of 5789	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	4178 of 5662	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.9	4958 of 5692	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.8	4268 of 5614	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	10.3	5453 of 5611	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	29.0	4127 of 5530	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	40.7	3222 of 5390	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	33.0	3767 of 5377	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	47.6	2718 of 5314	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	26.2	3969 of 5193	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	26.0	3891 of 5113	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	32.6	3392 of 5113	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.9	2948 of 4818	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	29.6	3311 of 4822	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	23.7	3641 of 4809	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	32.5	1655 of 2585	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.6	888 of 2128	58.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	66.6	589 of 3245	81.8%	★★★★☆
2022	48.7	1272 of 3311	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.4	2100 of 3275	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	2348 of 3246	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	31.0	3794 of 5581	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.6	3878 of 5597	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.6	2684 of 5612	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.0	1999 of 5609	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.5	2904 of 5635	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.3	3958 of 5492	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.2	3819 of 5413	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	43.1	2802 of 5094	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	47.4	2469 of 5107	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.4	1875 of 5107	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.8	1191 of 5087	76.6%	★★★★☆
2022	46.9	2397 of 5084	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.4	3943 of 4963	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.6	3300 of 4830	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	44.6	2835 of 5423	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.5	2834 of 5460	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.3	2241 of 5517	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.8	1077 of 5363	79.9%	★★★★☆
2022	48.6	2353 of 5264	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	34.6	3533 of 5173	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.8	3335 of 5084	34.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	40.1	3130 of 5603	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	47.0	2673 of 5628	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.3	2742 of 5643	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.5	2429 of 5638	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	28.6	3907 of 5663	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.4	4865 of 5510	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.8	4129 of 5431	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	53.4	990 of 2927	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.9	743 of 2847	73.9%	★★★★☆
2024	32.6	1672 of 2635	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	90.9	161 of 2420	93.3%	★★★★★

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 (2023)82nd percentile+20 vs school

Special Education (2026)66th percentile+27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)48th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2026)45th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2026)44th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2019)36th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2026)32nd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics34%-5 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Science30%-6 vs state

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What people are saying

by a principal
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

We are excited about the transformations at our school. Come meet our caring staff and new programs that will engage your children in critical thinking skills!! We are proud recipients of robotics awards over multiple years. As well, we have been granted a Physical Education Teacher as part of the PETIP. We work closely with our community to make sure our students have all they need academically, socially, emotionally and technologically. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Very poorly run. Principal can be found gossiping and hanging around with a few teachers while the rest of the teachers are left out to dry!
I volunteer in my sons room often. The principal visits daily to tell jokes and recap tv shows. Close Quote

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Gault Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17000 Gault St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-1933	298	15	19.8	87.9%	29 (9.7%)	7 (2.3%)	239 (80.2%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	35.5	3544^th of 5817 public elementary schools	39.1%		36.2	3468^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.8%	76	30.0	30.0	18.4	30.4	51.0	33.1	20.8	36.8	42.0	33.6	≥ 98%		$24,413	$2,374	$22,039
Anatola Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7364 Anatola Ave.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-8733	269	14	19.2	87.4%	17 (6.3%)	6 (2.2%)	220 (81.8%)	8 (3.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	29.1	4078^th of 5817 public elementary schools	29.9%		35.1	3568^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%	510	18.2	18.2	34.8	32.5	25.0	30.8	43.5	35.0	20.9	33.3	94%	2%	$28,423	$3,460	$24,963
Lemay Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17520 Vanowen St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-4696	334	17	19.6	91.9%	20 (6.0%)	6 (1.8%)	286 (85.6%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	63.6	1902^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	67.3%		55.5	2280^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.1%	378	27.5	27.5	70.2	48.0	54.9	57.4	68.1	46.0	39.2	50.7	≥ 98%		$31,102	$2,947	$28,155
Stagg Street Elementary	Public	K-5	7839 Amestoy Ave.	Van Nuys	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 881-9850	413	21	19.6	83.1%	42 (10.2%)	10 (2.4%)	318 (77.0%)	24 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	68.2	1677^th of 5817 public elementary schools	71.2%		68.4	1671^st of 5857 public elementary schools	71.5%	6	46.0	46.0	51.5	66.1	52.4	56.5	46.4	65.1	39.7	50.3	≥ 98%		$25,941	$2,375	$23,566
Bertrand Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7021 Bertrand Ave.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-1103	326	14	23.2	90.5%	23 (7.1%)	2 (0.6%)	263 (80.7%)	18 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.2%)	27.5	4188^th of 5817 public elementary schools	28.0%		21.7	4690^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.9%	502	13.3	13.3	37.0	31.6	24.4	31.4	34.6	42.1	11.1	30.6	97%	0%	$29,727	$2,864	$26,863
Lorne Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17440 Lorne St.	Northridge	91325	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-3123	372	18	20.6	71.0%	37 (9.9%)	6 (1.6%)	246 (66.1%)	26 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (15.1%)	63.8	1894^th of 5817 public elementary schools	67.4%		57.1	2205^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.4%	311	41.9	41.9	36.4	56.1	55.6	49.7	49.1	59.7	46.0	51.4	95%	0%	$25,420	$2,186	$23,234
Newcastle Elementary	Public	K-5	6520 Newcastle Ave.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-8795	299	15	19.9	90.6%	26 (8.7%)	8 (2.7%)	242 (80.9%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	49.8	2621^st of 5817 public elementary schools	54.9%		51.4	2531^st of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%	90	35.1	35.1	39.6	35.6	53.5	43.7	41.7	31.1	50.9	42.0	≥ 98%		$30,849	$3,045	$27,804
Garden Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	18141 Valerio St.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-4762	306	15	20.4	94.1%	25 (8.2%)	7 (2.3%)	244 (79.7%)	24 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	46.6	2808^th of 5817 public elementary schools	51.7%		54.7	2325^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.3%	483	36.6	36.6	36.6	32.1	60.0	41.6	35.0	38.6	45.0	39.4	90%	0%	$28,392	$2,490	$25,902
Bassett Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15756 Bassett St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 782-1340	609	30	20.3	96.4%	21 (3.4%)	16 (2.6%)	535 (87.8%)	17 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.3%)	24.4	4434^th of 5817 public elementary schools	23.8%		25	4407^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.8%	27	10.1	10.1	35.6	28.3	26.3	29.8	37.9	31.6	20.6	29.8	96%	1%	$26,800	$3,300	$23,500
Cohasset Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15810 Saticoy St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 787-2113	451	24	18.7	95.1%	26 (5.8%)	4 (0.9%)	397 (88.0%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	42.4	3088^th of 5817 public elementary schools	46.9%		25.9	4321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	26.2%	1233	27.3	27.3	38.3	53.1	42.4	44.1	39.5	37.5	27.3	35.1	95%	1%	$29,282	$3,393	$25,889

Frequently Asked Questions about Gault Street Elementary

Is Gault Street Elementary a good school?

Gault Street Elementary ranks 3544^th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Gault Street Elementary attend?

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

Middle : William Mulholland Middle

What district is Gault Street Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend Gault Street Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 298 students attended Gault Street Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Gault Street Elementary?

Students at Gault Street Elementary are 80% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% African American.

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