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Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary

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Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary ranks 3472 nd of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3472^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 40% of California elementary schools

Summary

Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary serves 527 students in kindergarten through grade 6 in Los Angeles and is part of Los Angeles Unified. Its clearest challenge is that proficiency remains below state and district results in all three tested subjects, even as the school has improved over time.

Compared with nearby same-district schools, the school is around the middle: it ranks fifth of 10 in English language arts (ELA), around fifth or sixth in math, and fourth in science. Its ELA score of 37% is close to the nearby-school average of 35%, and its science score of 22% is close to the local average of 21%; math is 34%, below the nearby average of 36%. Against the state and district, math is the strongest comparison: 34% proficiency versus 38% statewide and 40% districtwide. ELA is 37% versus 49% and 48%, while science is 22% versus 36% and 32%. Results also vary by grade: third-grade math reached 52%, above the state’s 47% and the district’s 50%, while fifth-grade math was 21%, below the state’s 37% and the district’s 40%.

Results have risen since 2022–23: ELA increased by 11 percentage points, math by 14, and science by 6, with math’s gap to the state narrowing from 15 points to 4. Science results dipped before recovering, so its progress has been less steady. SchoolDigger rates the school at 2 stars and the 40th statewide percentile, up from the 20th percentile in 2022–23. Its 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 17.5, and 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s ranking suggests comparatively stronger results for Hispanic students: the group ranked at the 65th percentile in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 40th percentile; its subgroup percentile rose from 44 in 2023–24.

527

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,225

Per pupil spending ?

97.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

86%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

1471 East 96th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90002-2210

(323) 567-8871

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary usually attend:

High:

Jordan High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

77.0%

African American:

17.6%

Two or more races:

4.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 34th percentile in 2015 → 40th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (34% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Science scores 14 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school34%

District avg42%

California avg42%

3,472^nd of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 40%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 36% (2016) to bottom 40% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

332^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	36.5	3472 of 5817	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.3	4019 of 5857	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.8	4227 of 5869	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	4700 of 5859	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.2	4312 of 5883	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	4672 of 5789	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.0	3753 of 5662	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.6	3468 of 5692	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	31.9	3618 of 5614	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.1	3696 of 5611	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	53.5	2477 of 5530	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	55.6	2294 of 5390	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	46.0	2829 of 5377	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	44.0	2917 of 5314	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	31.5	3591 of 5193	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	33.6	3356 of 5113	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	27.0	3781 of 5113	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	27.7	3475 of 4818	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	16.3	4230 of 4822	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.5	4061 of 4809	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	34.8	322 of 508	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.0	327 of 569	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.3	321 of 593	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.2	385 of 661	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.9	590 of 663	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.2	391 of 747	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.8	355 of 700	49.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	28.9	1854 of 2585	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.0	1392 of 2128	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.7	1575 of 3162	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	23.0	2999 of 3245	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	2514 of 3311	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	2458 of 3275	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	2821 of 3246	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	44.1	2887 of 5581	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.5	3348 of 5597	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.9	3991 of 5612	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	4274 of 5609	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	4358 of 5635	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	4099 of 5492	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.6	3307 of 5413	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	59.6	1756 of 5094	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	45.2	2628 of 5107	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.4	2873 of 5107	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.4	3275 of 5087	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.6	2695 of 5084	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.9	3248 of 4963	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.2	2276 of 4830	52.9%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.9	345 of 429	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	49.8	2475 of 5423	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	41.0	3088 of 5460	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.9	3535 of 5517	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.1	3810 of 5363	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.0	3259 of 5264	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.8	3733 of 5173	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.9	2616 of 5084	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	30.2	3861 of 5603	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.4	4339 of 5628	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	4100 of 5643	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	4631 of 5638	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.8	3974 of 5663	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	4798 of 5510	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.0	3941 of 5431	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	1357 of 2847	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.3	1369 of 2635	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.5	1031 of 2420	57.4%	★★★☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2026)66th percentile+25 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)54th percentile+14 vs school

Special Education (2025)52nd percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)50th percentile+22 vs school

Female (2026)48th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2026)37th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2026)31st percentile-9 vs school

Disabled (2019)28th percentile+9 vs school

Homeless (2025)20th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Mathematics34%-4 vs state

Science22%-14 vs state

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	1471 East 96th St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 567-8871	527	30	17.5	97.0%	3 (0.6%)	93 (17.6%)	406 (77.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	36.5	3472^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	40.3%		29.3	4019^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.4%	547	22.2	22.2	33.3	36.6	35.6	45.0	37.5	52.5	35.4	20.8	30.0	34.2	86%	0%	$30,225	$3,890	$26,335
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy	Public	K-6	1536 East 89th St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 826-3560	495	27	18.3	97.8%	7 (1.4%)	22 (4.4%)	454 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	34.2	3642^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	37.4%		30.3	3936^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%	294	25.4	25.4	35.2	29.6	44.1	25.0	34.4	49.3	31.5	30.9	14.6	33.2	93%	0%	$27,425	$3,290	$24,135
KIPP Ignite Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	9110 South Central Ave.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	KIPP Ignite Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 486-6402	448	21	21.3	87.1%	2 (0.4%)	180 (40.2%)	252 (56.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.7%)	13.6	5341^st of 5817 public elementary schools	8.2%		12.2	5491^st of 5857 public elementary schools	6.2%	150			21.0	18.0			19.5	23.8	20.5			22.2	96%	0%	$27,337	$1,657	$25,680
Compton Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1515 East 104th St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 564-5767	265	15	18.2	95.8%	6 (2.3%)	42 (15.8%)	202 (76.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	54	2383^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	59.0%		36.7	3430^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.4%	1047	17.7	17.7	65.7	36.0	32.4		45.7	71.4	44.0	44.1		54.3	88%	0%	$32,833	$3,427	$29,406
Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	9900 South Wadsworth Ave.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 564-2677	487	25	19.4	97.1%	6 (1.2%)	100 (20.5%)	362 (74.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.5%)	65.3	1812^th of 5817 public elementary schools	68.8%		48.5	2670^th of 5857 public elementary schools	54.4%	858	35.8	35.8	40.0	56.5	56.7	36.7	50.0	60.0	69.1	46.3	40.0	55.8	79%	0%	$28,996	$2,859	$26,137
Ninety-Second Street Elementary	Public	K-6	9211 Grape St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 564-7946	568	31	18.3	—	4 (0.7%)	48 (8.5%)	503 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	46.5	2815^th of 5817 public elementary schools	51.6%		40.4	3185^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.6%	370	16.3	16.3	55.8	36.2	31.3	46.0	42.5	54.6	44.9	25.0	44.8	42.2	93%	0%	$27,770	$3,296	$24,474
Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary	Public	K-5	1963 East 103rd St.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 569-8141	399	21	19.0	—	5 (1.3%)	93 (23.3%)	274 (68.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.8%)	14.9	5229^th of 5817 public elementary schools	10.1%		16.8	5120^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.6%	109	7.7	7.7	12.7	21.5	27.5		20.5	26.8	21.5	21.2		23.1	85%	0%	$34,960	$3,933	$31,027
Russell Elementary	Public	K-6	1263 East Firestone Blvd.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7247	739	37	19.9	97.4%	5 (0.7%)	53 (7.2%)	674 (91.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	38.4	3336^th of 5817 public elementary schools	42.7%		34.8	3602^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.5%	266	20.6	20.6	34.8	41.1	40.2	44.3	40.4	36.8	35.8	27.8	36.4	33.9	93%	0%	$25,069	$2,897	$22,172
Graham Elementary	Public	K-6	8407 South Fir Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-1263	522	28	18.6	97.7%	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.1%)	496 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	33.9	3672^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	36.9%		19.4	4888^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.5%	1216	29.3	29.3	15.4	31.9	41.5	34.9	30.6	25.6	44.4	42.7	16.3	34.2	95%	0%	$29,175	$3,195	$25,980
Ninety-Third Street Elementary	Public	K-6	330 East 93rd St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 754-2869	772	41	18.8	97.5%	6 (0.8%)	103 (13.3%)	626 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.8%)	33.9	3675^th of 5817 public elementary schools	36.8%		30.3	3933^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%	258	18.1	18.1	29.4	39.1	30.4	32.5	33.1	39.3	44.1	35.1	17.1	36.9	93%	0%	$27,397	$3,227	$24,170

Frequently Asked Questions about Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary

How many students attend Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 527 students attended Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary.

Is Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary a good school?

Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary ranks 3472^nd of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Jordan High

What is the racial makeup of Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary?

Students at Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary are 77% Hispanic, 18% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What district is Ninety-Sixth Street Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

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