Summary
Holmes Avenue Elementary serves 125 students in kindergarten through grade 6 in Los Angeles, within Los Angeles Unified. The school’s clearest challenge is English language arts (ELA): in 2025–2026, 16% of students were proficient, compared with 48% districtwide and 49% statewide. Most importantly, Holmes had the lowest ELA result among eight nearby same-district schools with reported results.
Math is stronger than ELA, but still below nearby, district, and state results: 22% of Holmes students were proficient, compared with 40% districtwide and 38% statewide; locally, Holmes ranked second-lowest, just above Hooper Avenue Elementary. Fourth grade stands out as a particular weakness: only 7% were proficient in both ELA and math, versus 47% and 45% districtwide, respectively. By contrast, third-grade math was a relative bright spot at 37%, higher than several nearby schools. Attendance is another encouraging result: chronic absenteeism fell to 18% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 23% and close to the state’s 18%.
Results have improved from earlier lows, though not consistently: ELA proficiency rose 8 percentage points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, then fell 7 points from the previous year; math rose 18 points over that same three-year span. SchoolDigger ranks Holmes at the 12th percentile (1 star) statewide in 2025–2026, up from the 2nd percentile in 2023–2024 but still the lowest among nearby same-district schools with rankings. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 15.6, the lowest in the nearby group, alongside low test results. In 2024–2025, 74% of students were directly certified for free meals; the data identifies Holmes as likely a Community Eligibility school, where all students receive free meals. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Hispanic students rose from the 2nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 21st in 2024–2025, a 19-point improvement in how well the school serves this group. Science results for 2025–2026 and sixth-grade ELA and math are suppressed, and nearby schools serve different grade spans, so comparisons have limits.
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15.6
Student/teacher ratio
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73.6%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25)
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All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)
All students in California receive free school meals.
≥ 95%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)