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Lillian Street Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4060th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 31% of California elementary schools
Summary

Lillian Street Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 339 students in grades K-6. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Lillian Street Elementary's academic performance lags behind the Los Angeles Unified and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in ELA/Literacy ranged from 30.95% to 45.16%, compared to 43.61% to 48.81% for the district and state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 18.42% to 33.33%, compared to 36.03% to 46.3% for the district and state. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also significantly lower than the district and state, with proficiency rates around 10% compared to 27.29% to 32.65%.

Interestingly, the nearby Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy, Florence Avenue Elementary, and Middleton Street Elementary generally perform better than Lillian Street Elementary in academic assessments, with higher proficiency rates in ELA/Literacy and Mathematics. These nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds compared to Lillian Street Elementary.

302
Students ?
20.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$25,447
Per pupil spending ?
94.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5909 Lillian St.
       Los Angeles, CA  90001-1433

(323) 582-0705

District: Los Angeles Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
96.0%
African American:
2.3%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 33rd percentile in 2013 → 31st in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 41% meeting standards)
!Science scores 22 pts below the California average
!Near the bottom of Los Angeles Unified's ranking
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg39%
California avg41%
4,060th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 31%▲ up 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
375th of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified
791st 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202528.94060 of 585730.7%★★☆☆☆
202426.34261 of 586927.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.64695 of 585919.9%★☆☆☆☆
202234.13527 of 588340.0%★★☆☆☆
201942.33050 of 578947.3%★★☆☆☆
201836.53373 of 566240.4%★★☆☆☆
201729.43888 of 569231.7%★★☆☆☆
201631.13686 of 561434.3%★★☆☆☆
201520.04623 of 561117.6%★☆☆☆☆
201334.93685 of 553033.4%★★☆☆☆
201229.73971 of 539026.3%★☆☆☆☆
201131.63870 of 537728.0%★☆☆☆☆
201038.63269 of 531438.5%★★☆☆☆
200942.02940 of 519343.4%★★☆☆☆
200833.53363 of 511334.2%★★☆☆☆
200719.34352 of 511314.9%★☆☆☆☆
200622.53820 of 481820.7%★☆☆☆☆
200515.34301 of 482210.8%★☆☆☆☆
200413.94413 of 48098.2%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202442.11680 of 316246.9%★★☆☆☆
202321.63064 of 32455.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.22801 of 331115.4%★☆☆☆☆
201921.83093 of 32755.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.42094 of 324635.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202521.74551 of 559718.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.94810 of 561214.3%★☆☆☆☆
202320.94609 of 560917.8%★☆☆☆☆
202234.83345 of 563540.6%★★☆☆☆
201949.22542 of 549253.7%★★★☆☆
201842.72906 of 541346.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202542.32842 of 510744.4%★★☆☆☆
202437.93129 of 510738.7%★★☆☆☆
202330.03702 of 508727.2%★☆☆☆☆
202248.02327 of 508454.2%★★★☆☆
201956.81862 of 496362.5%★★★☆☆
201850.82176 of 483054.9%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202537.53386 of 546038.0%★★☆☆☆
202432.23770 of 551731.7%★★☆☆☆
202329.53932 of 536326.7%★☆☆☆☆
202248.32376 of 526454.9%★★★☆☆
201958.71853 of 517364.2%★★★☆☆
201852.92172 of 508457.3%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202534.73494 of 562837.9%★★☆☆☆
202433.43527 of 564337.5%★★☆☆☆
202323.44401 of 563821.9%★☆☆☆☆
202234.13450 of 566339.1%★★☆☆☆
201935.43371 of 551038.8%★★☆☆☆
201832.23530 of 543135.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202327.51772 of 242026.8%★☆☆☆☆
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 (2024)47th percentile+19 vs school
Hispanic (2025)44th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2025)38th percentile+7 vs school
Special Education (2023)27th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)19th percentile-12 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy35%-13 vs state
Mathematics27%-10 vs state
Science11%-22 vs state

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Students at Lillian Street Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% African American, 1% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 302 students attended Lillian Street Elementary.

Lillian Street Elementary ranks 4060th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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