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Vernon City Elementary

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Vernon City Elementary ranks 1435 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

1435^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 75% of California elementary schools

Summary

Vernon City Elementary is a standout K-6 public school serving 134 students in the Los Angeles Unified district, demonstrating that a school with a high-needs population can achieve exceptional academic results that consistently beat both district and state averages.

The school's performance is remarkable when compared to nearby schools like Holmes Avenue Elementary and Pacific Boulevard, outperforming them by wide margins in English, math, and science. It has shown a steady, impressive climb in statewide ranking over the past decade and excels at supporting all its students, with those from low-income families ranking in the 89th percentile statewide. Furthermore, the school has successfully tackled chronic absenteeism, reducing it well below the district average, which is a significant achievement in the post-pandemic period.

While the school spends its resources effectively, its true strength lies in its teaching practices, leading to particularly strong math scores and a consistent record of improvement that sets it apart from other schools in the area. This makes Vernon City Elementary a high-performing model within its community, successfully supporting its students to reach academic excellence.

134

Students ?

19.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$40,139

Per pupil spending ?

95.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2360 East Vernon Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90058-1609

(323) 582-3727

District: Los Angeles Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.5%

African American:

1.5%

Two or more races:

1.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 55th percentile in 2013 → 75th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (57% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 25% of California elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 20 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school57%

District avg39%

California avg41%

1,435^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 25%▲ up 39 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to top 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

90^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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.7	1435 of 5857	75.5%	★★★★☆
2024	72.7	1461 of 5869	75.1%	★★★★☆
2023	59.1	2089 of 5859	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.6	2544 of 5883	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.0	2823 of 5789	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.2	2706 of 5662	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	40.9	3047 of 5692	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	29.1	3843 of 5614	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.7	3566 of 5611	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	53.2	2498 of 5530	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	34.5	3629 of 5390	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	49.8	2611 of 5377	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	42.9	2992 of 5314	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	34.0	3440 of 5193	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.9	2554 of 5113	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	20.0	4296 of 5113	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	22.0	3854 of 4818	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	18.6	4064 of 4822	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.0	3778 of 4809	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	58.3	886 of 3275	72.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.9	1244 of 5597	77.8%	★★★★☆
2023	50.7	2368 of 5609	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.9	2712 of 5635	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.3	3027 of 5492	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.3	3398 of 5413	37.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.5	398 of 5107	92.2%	★★★★★
2024	86.8	480 of 5107	90.6%	★★★★★
2023	73.1	1029 of 5087	79.8%	★★★★☆
2022	63.8	1439 of 5084	71.7%	★★★★☆
2019	60.6	1650 of 4963	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.0	1572 of 4830	67.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.7	588 of 5460	89.2%	★★★★☆
2024	83.1	707 of 5517	87.2%	★★★★☆
2023	75.7	958 of 5363	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	66.5	1342 of 5264	74.5%	★★★★☆
2019	57.6	1923 of 5173	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.8	1639 of 5084	67.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.1	2057 of 5628	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.7	2635 of 5638	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.5	2974 of 5663	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.0	2414 of 5510	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.4	1590 of 5431	70.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2025)92nd percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)89th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)78th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2019)73rd percentile+22 vs school

Male (2025)63rd percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy60%+11 vs state

Mathematics60%+22 vs state

Science38%+6 vs state

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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
Vernon City Elementary	Public	K-6	2360 East Vernon Ave.	Los Angeles	90058	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-3727	134	7	19.1	95.5%	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	128 (95.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	73.7	1435^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.5%		72.7	1461^st of 5869 public elementary schools	75.1%	26	38.5		38.5	75.0	52.9	46.2	71.4			59.7	85.0	47.1	50.0	57.1			59.7							$40,139	$7,536	$32,603
Holmes Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	5108 Holmes Ave.	Los Angeles	90058	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7238	125	8	15.6	100.0%	1 (0.8%)	34 (27.2%)	83 (66.4%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	15.3	5237^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.6%		8.8	5735^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.3%	498	7.1		7.1	33.3	21.4	7.1	30.0			23.8	20.0	7.1	7.1	20.0			14.3							$44,015	$9,598	$34,417
Ascot Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1447 East 45th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-3178	610	31	19.6	97.5%	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.6%)	580 (95.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	50	2592^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	55.7%		42.3	3051^st of 5869 public elementary schools	48.0%	459	33.0		33.0	32.6	48.5	42.6				41.4	36.5	49.0	46.8				44.2							$23,958	$4,747	$19,211
Pacific Boulevard	Public	K-5	2660 East 57th St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 586-8640	301	19	15.8	97.7%	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	293 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	30.9	3884^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.7%		46	2794^th of 5869 public elementary schools	52.4%	1090	18.8		18.8	32.4	33.3	31.3				32.4	38.2	36.7	25.0				33.1	90.5	96.8	96.8	95.2	96.8		$45,576	$7,891	$37,685
Nevin Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1569 East 32nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-2236	478	22	21.7	97.7%	4 (0.8%)	13 (2.7%)	454 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	32	3799^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.1%		37.2	3351^st of 5869 public elementary schools	42.9%	448	12.8		12.8	24.3	36.4	35.1				32.0	41.9	41.8	26.0				36.5	95.6	97.4	98.2	97.4	98.2	98.2	$28,313	$6,191	$22,122
Lillian Street Elementary	Public	K-6	5909 Lillian St.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-0705	302	15	20.1	94.7%	4 (1.3%)	7 (2.3%)	290 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28.9	4060^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.7%		26.3	4261^st of 5869 public elementary schools	27.4%	201	10.5		10.5	33.3	31.0	34.2	45.2			35.3	25.6	33.3	18.4	32.3			27.3							$25,447	$5,205	$20,242
Hooper Avenue Primary Center	Public	K	1280 East 52nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 233-5866	142	8	17.7	97.9%	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.2%)	132 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)								(n/a)																		94.9	98.3		97.2	97.2	98.3	$36,556	$4,691	$31,865
Hooper Avenue Elementary	Public	1-5	1225 East 52nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-3571	608	31	19.6	98.8%	10 (1.6%)	21 (3.5%)	568 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	17.1	5090^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.1%		13.2	5465^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	375	13.4		13.4	23.8	29.8	24.3				25.8	23.8	21.2	14.4				19.9							$25,955	$5,794	$20,161
ISANA Himalia Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4607 South Central Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	ISANA Himalia Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 231-7005	655	29	22.8	96.5%	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	645 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	23.3	4564^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.1%		18.6	4977^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.2%	413	18.2	12.7	15.4	29.3	30.7	32.0	30.4	32.5	35.4	31.9	34.5	25.4	13.0	20.3	24.1	16.5	21.6							$18,234	$3,559	$14,675
Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy	Public	K-5	1041 East 46th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7117	367	17	21.5	97.0%	3 (0.8%)	19 (5.2%)	338 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	32	3796^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.2%		37.7	3321^st of 5869 public elementary schools	43.4%	475	32.3		32.3	26.3	31.4	41.5				32.8	33.3	30.0	24.6				29.5	93.2	97.3	96.0	93.2	96.0	97.3	$27,595	$6,135	$21,460

Frequently Asked Questions about Vernon City Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Vernon City Elementary?

Students at Vernon City Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 1% African American, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Vernon City Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 134 students attended Vernon City Elementary.

Is Vernon City Elementary a good school?

Vernon City Elementary ranks 1435^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Vernon City Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

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