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Park Avenue Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4539^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of California elementary schools

Summary

Park Avenue Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 274 students in the Los Angeles Unified district in Cudahy, CA, which faces significant academic challenges and has a high rate of student absenteeism.

Academically, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of California elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English, math, and science that are notably lower than nearby schools like Jaime Escalante Elementary and Teresa Hughes Elementary. A particular concern is the performance of 6th graders, where proficiency rates drop dramatically compared to other grades. Furthermore, Park Avenue has the highest chronic absenteeism rate (25.7%) among the local Los Angeles Unified schools, which is closely linked to lower academic achievement.

Interestingly, despite these challenges, Park Avenue receives more funding per student than all the comparison schools. The school has shown some recent improvement in reducing absenteeism from pandemic highs, and its effectiveness with its main student group is a relative strength. For improvement, the school could focus on boosting attendance, addressing the sharp drop in 6th-grade performance, and learning from nearby schools in similar communities that achieve better results, such as Bell Gardens Elementary in the Montebello Unified district.

274

Students ?

21.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,200

Per pupil spending ?

94.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8020 Park Ave.
Cudahy, CA 90201-6018

(323) 832-1860

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary usually attend:

High:	Bell Senior High
	Maywood Academy High
	Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High School Complex
	Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.4%

Two or more races:

2.2%

White:

0.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 9th percentile in 2017 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 23rd (2025) from a 9th-percentile low (2017)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Science scores 21 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg39%

California avg41%

4,539^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

428^th 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	23.6	4539 of 5857	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	5042 of 5869	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	4906 of 5859	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	4926 of 5883	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	4438 of 5789	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	5083 of 5662	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.1	5193 of 5692	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	23.5	4297 of 5614	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.0	3861 of 5611	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	42.4	3162 of 5530	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.6	2517 of 5390	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	36.8	3475 of 5377	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	36.6	3383 of 5314	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	27.3	3892 of 5193	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	21.7	4217 of 5113	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	10.8	4877 of 5113	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	12.8	4491 of 4818	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	14.5	4375 of 4822	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.1	4477 of 4809	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	34.0	1585 of 2585	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.2	1909 of 2128	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	27.5	2706 of 3245	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	3207 of 3311	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	2700 of 3275	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	3126 of 3246	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	4229 of 5597	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	4919 of 5612	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	4435 of 5609	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	4678 of 5635	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	3973 of 5492	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	4793 of 5413	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	3376 of 5107	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.2	4093 of 5107	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	3869 of 5087	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	3909 of 5084	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.1	3383 of 4963	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.0	4112 of 4830	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	3931 of 5460	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	4625 of 5517	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	4121 of 5363	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	4103 of 5264	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.1	3631 of 5173	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.5	4299 of 5084	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	4408 of 5628	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	4702 of 5643	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	4920 of 5638	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	4767 of 5663	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.5	4430 of 5510	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	4960 of 5431	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2019)39th percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)34th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

Male (2025)22nd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2023)17th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state

Mathematics22%-15 vs state

Science12%-21 vs state

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by a citizen
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Just bad, I went to this school last year and oh my god. But I heard their making "improvements" by firing literally half of their staff and the new principal whom I won't mention has some of the kids upset. 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 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th 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
Park Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	8020 Park Ave.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 832-1860	274	13	21.0	94.2%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	267 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	23.6	4539^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.5%		17.9	5042^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.1%	503	11.6		11.6	29.0	36.8	39.5	11.5			31.2	35.5	21.1	23.3	7.7			22.5	96.3			96.3			$27,200	$6,191	$21,009
Bell Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	5620 Quinn St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1223	624	31	20.4	90.5%	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	614 (98.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	33.5	3683^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.1%		33.7	3623^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	38.3%	60	28.1		28.1	25.2	40.8	33.3				33.0	33.9	32.1	31.3				32.4	85.8	90.3	95.5	91.8	91.0	91.0	$14,258	$1,076	$13,182
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center	Public	K-8	5027 Live Oak St.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 869-1300	1,052	57	18.4	96.6%	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1,041 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	33.7	3665^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.4%		25.7	4307^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.6%	642	18.8	13.7	15.8	28.4	31.1	41.6	38.2	41.6	40.4	37.6	49.0	34.0	24.4	25.2	22.7	24.7	28.8	87.8	93.1	98.5	90.1	93.9	93.9	$23,011	$4,093	$18,918
Jaime Escalante Elementary	Public	K-6	4443 Live Oak St.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 890-2340	453	22	20.5	95.1%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	450 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	55.6	2266^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.3%		61.5	2004^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.9%	262	32.4		32.4	37.7	40.0	54.4	52.1			46.1	45.2	46.4	47.1	41.7			45.3							$26,826	$5,138	$21,688
Aspire Firestone Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	8929 Kauffman Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Aspire Firestone Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 249-5740	330	17	19.3	95.8%	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	316 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	43.6	2976^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.2%		57.9	2151^st of 5869 public elementary schools	63.3%	825	17.0		17.0	35.9	36.4	42.4				38.3	34.0	54.6	45.8				44.9	96.8				96.8		$23,109	$3,330	$19,779
Aspire Gateway Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	8929 Kauffman Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Aspire Gateway Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 249-5740	344	16	21.2	95.3%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	326 (94.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	37.9	3347^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.9%		35	3518^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.1%	171	18.5		18.5	32.8	41.3	34.6				35.8	50.8	32.6	30.8				39.4							$21,467	$3,126	$18,341
Teresa Hughes Elementary	Public	K-6	4242 Clara St.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-4422	515	26	20.1	96.7%	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	504 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	49.3	2635^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.0%		47.2	2721^st of 5869 public elementary schools	53.6%	86	37.5		37.5	40.0	29.1	57.1	49.2			42.2	50.7	32.6	35.7	40.9			39.9							$24,439	$5,020	$19,419
Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	7425 South Garfield Ave.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1915	455	22	20.9	88.1%	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	445 (97.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	23.2	4569^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.0%		20.3	4824^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.8%	255	15.3		15.3	22.1	36.1	31.4				29.5	27.9	27.8	22.1				25.8	88.0	90.2		92.4	91.3	92.4	$14,504	$929	$13,575
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	6314 Woodlawn Ave.	Bell	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-1445	523	27	19.7	92.2%	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	510 (97.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	35.8	3515^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.0%		29.8	3939^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.9%	424	25.3		25.3	34.4	36.3	37.3				35.9	37.8	33.3	32.0				34.6	95.1	97.6		95.9	96.8	97.6	$23,480	$4,513	$18,967
Tweedy Elementary	Public	K-5	9724 Pinehurst Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 568-2828	471	25	18.8	90.2%	9 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	457 (97.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36.5	3441^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.2%		36.4	3414^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.8%	27	12.8		12.8	36.7	43.1	32.0				37.2	40.0	39.7	33.3				37.4	95.1	97.0		98.0	95.1	98.0	$26,509	$5,638	$20,871

Frequently Asked Questions about Park Avenue Elementary

How many students attend Park Avenue Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 274 students attended Park Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Park Avenue Elementary?

Students at Park Avenue Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Is Park Avenue Elementary a good school?

Park Avenue Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.5% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Park Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Bell Senior High
High : Maywood Academy High
High : Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High School Complex
High : Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex

What district is Park Avenue Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

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