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Parmelee Avenue Elementary

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Parmelee Avenue Elementary ranks 3371 st of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3371^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 42% of California elementary schools

Summary

Parmelee Avenue Elementary is a K-6 public school serving about 670 students in South Los Angeles, operating as part of the Los Angeles Unified school district in a high-need community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

While the school's test scores are below the state average, it shows a clear and steady record of improvement over the last decade and performs better than most other nearby schools, ranking 2nd out of 10 local schools in English, math, and science proficiency. The school is particularly effective in supporting specific groups of students, with its Hispanic students, students from low-income families, and students with special needs scoring in the top half of schools statewide. Compared to neighbors like Miramonte Elementary and McKinley Avenue Elementary, Parmelee achieves stronger academic results even though it spends less per student and has a slightly higher student-to-teacher ratio.

Key challenges include a chronic absenteeism rate that, while improved, remains high, and noticeable dips in performance in the 4th grade. The school's support for English Language Learners has been inconsistent year-to-year. However, its consistent upward trend, efficient use of resources, and strengths in serving vulnerable populations make it a relatively strong option within the community, outperforming nearby charter schools like Aspire Titan Academy.

670

Students ?

20.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,516

Per pupil spending ?

95.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1338 East 76th Pl.
Los Angeles, CA 90001-3006

(323) 587-4235

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Parmelee Avenue Elementary usually attend:

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:

95.4%

African American:

2.2%

Two or more races:

2.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 23rd percentile in 2013 → 42nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (34% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 19% California)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg39%

California avg41%

3,371^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 42%▲ up 24 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 42% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

282^nd 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	37.6	3371 of 5857	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.9	3868 of 5869	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.6	3237 of 5859	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.7	3407 of 5883	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.8	3547 of 5789	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.2	3972 of 5662	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.0	4335 of 5692	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.1	4523 of 5614	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.5	4572 of 5611	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.3	4258 of 5530	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.4	4283 of 5390	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.4	4099 of 5377	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	16.2	4838 of 5314	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	21.8	4295 of 5193	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.8	3769 of 5113	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.9	4305 of 5113	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.2	4347 of 4818	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	14.1	4393 of 4822	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	12.4	4525 of 4809	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	18.1	2441 of 2585	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	2082 of 2128	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	46.6	1380 of 3162	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	30.2	2512 of 3245	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	2594 of 3311	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.8	1676 of 3275	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.5	2753 of 3246	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	3264 of 5597	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.2	3864 of 5612	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.2	3480 of 5609	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.8	3005 of 5635	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.3	3271 of 5492	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.8	3498 of 5413	35.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.7	2171 of 5107	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.2	2603 of 5107	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.4	1914 of 5087	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.4	2050 of 5084	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.2	2467 of 4963	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.9	2934 of 4830	39.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.1	2430 of 5460	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.8	3223 of 5517	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.6	2126 of 5363	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	2154 of 5264	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.4	2584 of 5173	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.9	3174 of 5084	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.0	3267 of 5628	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.0	3557 of 5643	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.8	2752 of 5638	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.7	3492 of 5663	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.6	3573 of 5510	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.7	4417 of 5431	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	57.4	779 of 2635	70.4%	★★★★☆
2023	50.8	896 of 2420	63.0%	★★★☆☆

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)

Special Education (2024)70th percentile+36 vs school

Hispanic (2025)57th percentile+15 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)56th percentile+22 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)6th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy39%-10 vs state

Mathematics32%-5 vs state

Science24%-9 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Monday, January 21, 2019

This school had changed my life! It supports all students and has amazing staff. Bullying is taken very seriously in Parmelee. 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
Parmelee Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1338 East 76th Pl.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 587-4235	670	33	20.6	95.4%	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.2%)	639 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.1%)	37.6	3371^st of 5857 public elementary schools	42.4%		30.9	3868^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.1%	497	23.7	23.7	39.6	27.7	41.3	44.8	38.6	35.4	21.2	34.4	36.8	32.1	95.7				96.8		$22,516	$4,892	$17,624
Wisdom Elementary	Public	K-6	1125 East 74th St.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 586-5760	648	30	21.6	97.7%	10 (1.5%)	31 (4.8%)	599 (92.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	35.3	3554^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.3%		28.1	4102^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	30.1%	548	22.2	22.2	36.0	37.5	37.4	33.0	35.9	35.0	44.4	33.3	22.3	33.2							$22,187	$4,245	$17,942
Miramonte Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 East 68th St.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-1257	631	32	19.7	96.7%	6 (1.0%)	17 (2.7%)	608 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.7	5033^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	14.1%		10.1	5684^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.2%	651	15.1	15.1	27.1	13.1	30.2		22.8	30.2	11.2	23.3		21.1	79.5	87.0	96.6	85.6	87.7	88.4	$28,848	$5,463	$23,385
McKinley Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7812 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7481	474	25	18.9	99.2%	1 (0.2%)	75 (15.8%)	397 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13.7	5368^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.3%		17.7	5061^st of 5869 public elementary schools	13.8%	307	12.2	12.2	20.0	19.6	27.8	20.0	21.9	23.9	17.5	15.1	9.2	15.9							$25,548	$5,643	$19,905
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%)	34.8	3602^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.5%		37.1	3363^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	42.7%	239	11.5	11.5	31.6	34.3	28.9	41.2	34.0	35.7	32.3	28.9	48.0	36.2	96.1	98.5	98.5	96.9			$23,032	$4,112	$18,920
Florence Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7211 Bell Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-0758	489	25	19.5	97.3%	8 (1.6%)	5 (1.0%)	470 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	48.7	2665^th of 5857 public elementary schools	54.5%		35.1	3507^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.2%	842	20.8	20.8	60.7	41.4	43.2	31.9	44.7	60.3	41.9	44.2	16.7	42.0	96.2	98.1		97.1			$27,379	$5,562	$21,817
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%)	19.4	4888^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.5%		14.7	5328^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.2%	440	10.7	10.7	25.6	29.1	14.7	11.8	22.0	32.1	36.1	12.0	8.8	24.9	96.5	97.4		97.4	97.4	96.5	$26,706	$5,142	$21,564
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%)	30.3	3936^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%		32.7	3716^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.7%	220	16.4	16.4	42.1	31.1	30.0	29.3	32.8	52.6	32.4	22.9	15.0	30.3	93.3	96.7		96.7	95.6		$25,470	$4,904	$20,566
Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy	Public	K-5	1321 East 61st St.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 277-2310	454	21	21.6	97.8%	4 (0.9%)	14 (3.1%)	432 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	41	3153^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	46.2%		44.1	2913^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.4%	240	30.0	30.0	27.9	32.9	50.6		38.1	41.2	35.7	33.3		36.4							$22,023	$4,744	$17,279
Aspire Titan Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	6720 South Alameda St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Aspire Titan Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-5421	333	13	24.8	93.7%	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	317 (95.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	30.6	3916^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.1%		33	3686^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.2%	230	23.7	23.7	31.5	27.6	42.4		33.9	40.7	19.0	27.1		28.7							$22,437	$3,501	$18,936

Frequently Asked Questions about Parmelee Avenue Elementary

What schools do graduates of Parmelee Avenue Elementary attend?

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

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 Parmelee Avenue Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend Parmelee Avenue Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 670 students attended Parmelee Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Parmelee Avenue Elementary?

Students at Parmelee Avenue Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Is Parmelee Avenue Elementary a good school?

Parmelee Avenue Elementary ranks 3371^st of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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