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Gault Street Elementary

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Gault Street Elementary ranks 3468 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3468^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 41% of California elementary schools

Summary

Gault Street Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 298 students in Lake Balboa, operating within the Los Angeles Unified school district.

The school serves a community with significant economic need and, while its test scores are below state averages, it performs better academically than several nearby schools with similar student populations, such as Bassett Street Elementary and Cohasset Street Elementary. It shows particular strengths in supporting special education students and has a higher per-student spending than some neighboring schools. However, its statewide ranking has been volatile, recently dropping, and it faces challenges with chronic absenteeism and a notable drop in math scores by 5th grade.

Interesting patterns include that boys consistently outperform girls here, which is unusual for elementary schools, and that despite improving attendance since the pandemic, academic gains haven't followed. There is a stark performance gap when compared to the highly-rated, more affluent Academy for Enriched Sciences nearby. The school's history shows it can achieve high rankings, as it did in 2023, suggesting it has effective practices but struggles with consistency year-to-year.

298

Students ?

19.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,708

Per pupil spending ?

87.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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: Improving — 25th percentile in 2013 → 41st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (34% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Science scores 11 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg39%

California avg41%

3,468^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 41%▲ up 38 pts since 2015

From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

292^nd 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	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
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
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
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
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
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 (2025)74th percentile+33 vs school

Male (2025)53rd percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+7 vs school

Disabled (2019)36th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy39%-10 vs state

Mathematics33%-5 vs state

Science22%-11 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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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)	% Varicella (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 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	36.2	3468^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.8%		45.7	2813^th of 5869 public elementary schools	52.1%	655	21.8	21.8	32.0	40.0	45.1	39.0	32.7	41.3	25.5	32.7					$25,708	$4,455	$21,253
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%)	35.1	3568^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%		25.5	4319^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.4%	751	18.6	18.6	37.8	45.7	32.6	38.9	27.0	37.0	30.2	31.8	93.0		94.7	96.5	$30,784	$6,564	$24,220
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%)	55.5	2280^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.1%		38.9	3238^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.8%	958	16.0	16.0	48.2	52.0	50.0	50.0	55.6	52.9	34.0	47.7					$28,978	$4,719	$24,259
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%)	68.4	1671^st of 5857 public elementary schools	71.5%		72.7	1463^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	75.1%	208	45.0	45.0	57.4	72.1	41.7	57.1	56.3	54.1	38.3	49.7					$22,840	$4,040	$18,800
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%)	21.7	4690^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.9%		20.2	4845^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.4%	155	13.0	13.0	34.5	19.2	31.0	28.6	34.4	24.0	10.9	24.2					$29,468	$5,517	$23,951
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%)	57.1	2205^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.4%		50.7	2524^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.0%	319	30.6	30.6	56.6	57.8	38.3	51.8	50.9	53.0	22.5	43.5					$23,633	$4,118	$19,515
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%)	51.4	2531^st of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%		52.7	2416^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.8%	115	33.3	33.3	31.3	53.6	55.3	46.5	28.0	47.3	45.2	40.1	95.5		95.5		$28,384	$5,330	$23,054
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%)	54.7	2325^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.3%		59.9	2068^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.8%	257	28.8	28.8	42.1	54.6	48.5	47.4	39.7	54.3	47.7	46.2					$27,831	$5,623	$22,208
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%)	25	4407^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.8%		20.9	4780^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.6%	373	12.8	12.8	26.5	26.6	21.6	25.2	37.3	35.4	23.1	32.6	97.1	97.1	97.9		$25,366	$4,683	$20,683
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%)	25.9	4321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	26.2%		27.9	4119^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.8%	202	17.5	17.5	29.2	29.6	28.6	29.2	40.0	28.2	20.6	29.7					$25,050	$4,999	$20,051

Frequently Asked Questions about 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.

How many students attend Gault Street Elementary?

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

Is Gault Street Elementary a good school?

Gault Street Elementary ranks 3468^th of 5857 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

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