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Loren Miller Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4465^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of California elementary schools

Summary

Loren Miller Elementary is a public K-6 school serving 601 students in a high-poverty neighborhood of South Los Angeles within the Los Angeles Unified district, and it has historically struggled with low academic performance, currently ranking in the 24th percentile statewide.

While the school's overall test scores are lower than many nearby schools like Gil Garcetti Learning Academy and Sixty-First Street Elementary, it shows important signs of improvement, having climbed from the very bottom percentiles over the past decade. Interestingly, despite serving a student population with nearly identical levels of economic disadvantage, academic results vary widely among these neighboring schools, indicating that factors beyond poverty influence outcomes. Loren Miller spends a mid-range amount per student compared to peers, but this hasn't yet translated to superior academic results.

The school has notable strengths, including dramatic recent improvement for English Language Learners and special education students, and a surprisingly strong 3rd grade math score. However, it faces significant challenges with chronic absenteeism and a severe gap in science proficiency. Compared to the charter school KIPP Empower Academy, which spends less per student, Loren Miller's academic performance is lower, raising questions about resource efficiency. The overall picture is of a school in a very challenging context that is making slow but steady progress in specific areas.

601

Students ?

20.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,122

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

830 West 77th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90044-5146

(323) 753-4445

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Loren Miller Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle
High:	Communication and Technical at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
	Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy
	John C. Fremont Senior High
	Mervyn M. Dymally High
	More...
	Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
	Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.0%

African American:

13.8%

Two or more races:

2.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg39%

California avg41%

4,465^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

421^st 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	24.4	4465 of 5857	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	4354 of 5869	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.4	4703 of 5859	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	4584 of 5883	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	5150 of 5789	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.0	4765 of 5662	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.0	5439 of 5692	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.7	5561 of 5614	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.8	5433 of 5611	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	14.8	5059 of 5530	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	18.0	4771 of 5390	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.1	4329 of 5377	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	20.1	4589 of 5314	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.0	3975 of 5193	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	24.5	4009 of 5113	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	30.1	3570 of 5113	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	21.5	3887 of 4818	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	16.1	4253 of 4822	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.5	3902 of 4809	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	444 of 569	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.8	418 of 593	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.0	424 of 661	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	343 of 663	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.2	617 of 747	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.0	527 of 700	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	22.1	1862 of 2128	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	42.4	1656 of 3162	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.5	2572 of 3245	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	2972 of 3311	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	2616 of 3275	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	3073 of 3246	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	4227 of 5597	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.0	4070 of 5612	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	4436 of 5609	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	4536 of 5635	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	4529 of 5492	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	4207 of 5413	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	2944 of 5107	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.6	2929 of 5107	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.9	3321 of 5087	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.2	3354 of 5084	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.5	4005 of 4963	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	3481 of 4830	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.6	3696 of 5460	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.8	3798 of 5517	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.4	3782 of 5363	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.8	3602 of 5264	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.9	4364 of 5173	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.7	3936 of 5084	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	4312 of 5628	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	4286 of 5643	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	4560 of 5638	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	4271 of 5663	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	5129 of 5510	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	4930 of 5431	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	1723 of 2847	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.7	2017 of 2635	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)48th percentile+22 vs school

Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+19 vs school

Special Education (2025)39th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

African American (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2018)12th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics28%-9 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Science11%-22 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Thursday, January 23, 2020

I used to go here as a young one and it was pretty bad. The lunch sucked. I was bullied a lot. Some of the supervisors watched me get beat up once. The students there are the worst. There was a lock down because the school had a poor security system. But some of the teachers like Mrs. Arguello really made an impact on me. Close Quote

by a citizen
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Loren Miller under the new Principal Mrs. Fuuches have incorporated technology into the everyday instruction and have provided students with a new sense of awareness in their academic strengths. I think Loren Miller is on its way to higher standards. I see better things in store for Loren Miller. 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)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (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 6th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Loren Miller Elementary	Public	K-6	830 West 77th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 753-4445	601	29	20.7	99.0%	5 (0.8%)	83 (13.8%)	499 (83.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	24.4	4465^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.8%		25.1	4354^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.8%	111	10.8	10.8	29.1	31.2	27.7	23.2	27.9	47.1	23.8	16.9	22.9	28.1	95.3	98.4			95.3		$25,122	$4,620	$20,502
Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci	Public	K-6	929 West 69th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-3650	480	23	20.8	98.5%	5 (1.0%)	56 (11.7%)	402 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	15.7	5206^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%		12.8	5500^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.3%	294	11.5	11.5	19.7	30.5	31.2	18.8	25.8	13.2	27.1	12.8	6.3	15.5	93.5				96.7		$23,625	$5,220	$18,405
Raymond Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7511 Raymond Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1183	457	22	21.2	96.7%	1 (0.2%)	114 (24.9%)	329 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	35	3584^th of 5857 public elementary schools	38.8%		31.2	3837^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.6%	253	6.5	6.5	27.4	46.9	39.0		37.4	37.3	49.3	24.7		36.5	81.5	91.3	94.6	87.0	90.2	90.2	$26,752	$5,393	$21,359
KIPP Empower Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	8466 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	KIPP Empower Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 750-2279	588	27	21.7	76.7%	4 (0.7%)	230 (39.1%)	344 (58.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	39.6	3249^th of 5857 public elementary schools	44.5%		18.7	4973^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	15.3%	1724			36.6	29.2			33.2	47.3	37.1			42.6							$22,004	$2,579	$19,425
Gil Garcetti Learning Academy	Public	K-6	612 West 68th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 753-2133	519	26	19.9	98.3%	2 (0.4%)	56 (10.8%)	450 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	40.2	3201^st of 5857 public elementary schools	45.3%		47.6	2699^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.0%	502	13.6	13.6	32.1	55.6	29.6	53.7	40.3	33.8	52.4	25.0	43.9	37.2	96.2	97.1		98.1	98.1		$27,685	$5,715	$21,970
Danny J. Bakewell Senior Primary Center	Public	K	8621 South Baring Cross St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 751-3887	170	8	21.2	98.2%	11 (6.5%)	14 (8.2%)	120 (70.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	24 (14.1%)								(n/a)													97.8				97.8		$30,569	$5,224	$25,345
Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	142 West 75th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 971-8885	752	41	18.3	96.8%	16 (2.1%)	73 (9.7%)	650 (86.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	36	3483^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	40.5%		22	4683^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	20.2%	1200	14.2	14.2	35.7	39.4	28.6	36.1	34.5	40.0	52.4	27.8	30.6	37.3	97.6	98.4		97.6	98.4	98.4	$27,624	$5,295	$22,329
Manchester Avenue Elementary	Public	1-6	661 West 87th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-3472	509	25	20.3	98.0%	5 (1.0%)	83 (16.3%)	384 (75.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.9%)	28.8	4070^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.5%		24	4463^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	24.0%	393	25.5	25.5	22.6	32.0	44.6	37.5	34.0	16.7	17.4	32.4	27.6	23.2							$23,329	$4,622	$18,707
Sixty-First Street Elementary	Public	K-6	6020 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1138	541	28	19.3	98.9%	7 (1.3%)	52 (9.6%)	460 (85.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	47.6	2729^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.4%		28.9	4028^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.4%	1299	18.3	18.3	38.4	31.9	41.4	65.1	41.8	47.7	34.3	37.3	83.7	47.5	93.3			98.3	96.7		$27,410	$5,333	$22,077
Budlong Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5940 South Budlong Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 750-6955	624	33	18.9	96.6%	6 (1.0%)	99 (15.9%)	506 (81.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	19.8	4846^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.3%		16	5212^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.2%	366	14.9	14.9	20.6	25.0	28.3		24.8	32.7	25.5	17.5		25.0	92.1	93.9	98.3	93.9	95.6	95.6	$25,807	$6,029	$19,778

Frequently Asked Questions about Loren Miller Elementary

How many students attend Loren Miller Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 601 students attended Loren Miller Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Loren Miller Elementary attend?

Students who attend Loren Miller Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mary McLeod Bethune Middle
High : Communication and Technical at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
High : Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy
High : John C. Fremont Senior High
High : Mervyn M. Dymally High
High : Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex
High : Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex

What district is Loren Miller Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

What is the racial makeup of Loren Miller Elementary?

Students at Loren Miller Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 14% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Is Loren Miller Elementary a good school?

Loren Miller Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.8% of California elementary schools.

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