San Pedro Street Elementary

San Pedro Street Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 403 students in downtown Los Angeles, part of the Los Angeles Unified district, where it operates in a high-poverty environment and has received a 2-star rating, placing it in the 30th percentile among all California schools.

When compared to its most immediate neighbors, the school shows relative strengths: it performs significantly better in English and Math than the very low-performing Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary and Ninth Street Elementary, and it has made good progress in reducing chronic student absences since the pandemic. The school appears particularly effective for its core student groups, as its performance for Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students ranks higher than the school's overall state ranking. However, it is outperformed by other nearby district schools like Dolores Huerta Elementary and Quincy Jones Elementary, as well as by local charter schools such as Synergy Charter Academy.

Key areas for improvement include science, where proficiency is less than half the state average, and inconsistent support for vulnerable student groups like English Learners and students with disabilities, whose performance fluctuates year-to-year. The school's overall state ranking has declined recently, even as spending per student has increased, suggesting a need for more strategic use of resources to address specific weaknesses and create more consistent learning progress across all grade levels.