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Leo Politi Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4914^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,804 California Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of California elementary schools

Summary

Leo Politi Elementary serves 504 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Los Angeles, as part of Los Angeles Unified. Its latest results point to a broad academic challenge: in 2025–2026, proficiency was below both the state and district in ELA, math, and science. Science was the clearest weakness, with 10% proficient—26 points below the state.

Math is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state and district, though results remain low: 21% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide and 40% in the district. Among nearby schools with same-year results, Leo Politi was second-lowest in ELA, lowest in math, and lowest in science; its scores were 14, 15, and 20 points below nearby-school averages, respectively. Fifth grade is a particular concern: ELA proficiency was 16%, the lowest among nearby schools with scores, compared with 40% at Ambassador School-Global Education, the next-lowest. Chronic absenteeism has improved from its earlier peak but remains high at 22% in 2025–2026, above the state’s 18% and below the district’s 23%.

Scores have improved since 2022–2023—up 7 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 1 in science—but each subject declined in the latest year, by 3 points in ELA, 1 in math, and 3 in science. SchoolDigger gives the school a 1-star rating and places it at the 15th statewide percentile in 2025–2026, ranked 4,914 of 5,804; its standing rose from the 9th percentile in 2022–2023, peaked at 19, then fell. One notable exception in subgroup rankings is Special Education Students: SchoolDigger places this group at the 34th percentile, 19 points above the school’s overall standing, up from the 10th percentile in 2023–2024. The student-teacher ratio was 17.3 in 2024–2025, and 94% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.

504

Students ?

17.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$51,993

Per pupil spending ?

94.4%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

2481 West 11th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90006-2961

(213) 480-1244

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Leo Politi Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Berendo Middle
High:	Belmont Senior High
	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community
	Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies
	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
	More...
	Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.6%

African American:

2.4%

Two or more races:

1.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Science scores 26 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school23%

District avg42%

California avg42%

4,914^th of 5,804

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 10 pts since 2016

From bottom 5% (2016) to bottom 15% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

541^st of 564Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

450^th of 968Los 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	18.7	4914 of 5804	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.3	4723 of 5857	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	5224 of 5869	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	5341 of 5859	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	5139 of 5883	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	5209 of 5789	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.1	5177 of 5662	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.8	5296 of 5692	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.6	5337 of 5614	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	17.0	4911 of 5611	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.4	4247 of 5530	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	18.7	4724 of 5390	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.4	4442 of 5377	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.5	4422 of 5314	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.9	4807 of 5193	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	19.0	4403 of 5113	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	15.7	4595 of 5113	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	12.6	4505 of 4818	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	14.2	4388 of 4822	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.8	4429 of 4809	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.6	1985 of 2227	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	2262 of 2585	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	1975 of 2128	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.0	2548 of 3162	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	3009 of 3245	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	3213 of 3311	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	3252 of 3275	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	3199 of 3246	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	24.8	4258 of 5569	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.4	4488 of 5597	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	4971 of 5612	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	5150 of 5609	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	4978 of 5635	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	5101 of 5492	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	4858 of 5413	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.6	3911 of 5085	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.7	3777 of 5107	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	4271 of 5107	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	4400 of 5087	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	4122 of 5084	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	4253 of 4963	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	4219 of 4830	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	26.2	4236 of 5412	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.1	4055 of 5460	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	4593 of 5517	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	4719 of 5363	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	4252 of 5264	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	4362 of 5173	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	4457 of 5084	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	14.9	5102 of 5590	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	21.7	4577 of 5628	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	5051 of 5643	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	5105 of 5638	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4844 of 5663	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	4781 of 5510	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	5035 of 5431	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	32.4	1927 of 2920	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.2	2359 of 2847	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	2369 of 2635	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	1907 of 2420	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)34th percentile+19 vs school

Female (2026)24th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2026)23rd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)22nd percentile+6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile+8 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile~ school

Male (2026)9th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-22 vs state

Mathematics21%-17 vs state

Science10%-26 vs state

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by a citizen
Friday, January 17, 2020

This school needs to get it together and concentrate more on academics and less on social issues. Instead of concentrating on solving its problems personnel is shifted around consistently resulting in increased low scores and lack of accountability. They also need to be more inclusive and diverse to succeed and raise their test scores and grades. Close Quote

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Leo Politi Elementary	Public	K-5	2481 West 11th St.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 480-1244	504	29	17.3	94.4%	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.4%)	477 (94.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	18.7	4914^th of 5804 public elementary schools	15.3%		21.3	4723^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.4%	191	10.0	10.0	29.8	34.5	15.9	27.5	27.1	24.1	11.4	21.5							$51,993	$47,486	$4,507
Hoover Street Elementary	Public	K-5	2726 Francis Ave.	Los Angeles	90005	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 387-3296	551	28	19.6	—	9 (1.6%)	18 (3.3%)	508 (92.2%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	88.8	708^th of 5804 public elementary schools	87.8%		85.6	902^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	84.6%	194	51.3	51.3	68.4	69.9	86.1	74.4	74.7	57.8	74.0	68.5	95.8	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3		$35,680	$32,676	$3,004
Magnolia Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1626 South Orchard Ave.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 748-6281	545	26	20.9	—	7 (1.3%)	11 (2.0%)	503 (92.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	52.1	2482^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	57.2%		47.4	2740^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.2%	258	39.4	39.4	27.4	48.8	51.4	43.6	50.8	40.2	38.9	42.8	91.7	94.5	97.3	97.3	94.5	97.3	$41,166	$37,686	$3,480
MacArthur Park Elementary School for the Visual and Perf Arts	Public	K-5	2300 West Seventh St.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 381-7217	338	16	21.1	97.9%	7 (2.1%)	10 (3.0%)	311 (92.0%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25.9	4303^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	25.9%		22.4	4643^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	20.7%	340	11.1	11.1	38.8	23.0	43.4	34.4	42.9	21.3	14.8	25.6	90.9	93.5		97.4	94.8	97.4	$44,826	$41,114	$3,712
Equitas Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-4	1700 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-0440	427	15	28.4	90.4%	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	416 (97.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)
Equitas Academy #3 Charter	Public, Charter	K-4	1050 Beacon Ave.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy #3 Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 204-0344	435	16	27.1	91.0%	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	418 (96.1%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)
Equitas Academy 6	Public, Charter	K-4	1612 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy 6 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5936	211	11	19.1	89.6%	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	200 (94.8%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	24.3	4427^th of 5804 public elementary schools	23.7%		42	3065^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.7%	1362			14.7	34.8		26.3	14.7	37.0		27.5							$43,231	$42,490	$741
Equitas Academy 5	Public, Charter	K-4	1612 West Pico Blvd.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Equitas Academy 5 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 201-5936	184	11	17.1	89.7%	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	168 (91.3%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	32	3811^th of 5804 public elementary schools	34.3%		32.6	3756^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.9%	55			40.0	42.3		41.2	20.8	26.9		24.0							$47,834	$46,358	$1,476
Mariposa-Nabi Primary Center	Public	K-2	987 South Mariposa Ave.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 385-0241	85	5	17.0	96.5%	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.4%)	74 (87.1%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.9%)								(n/a)
Charles White Elementary	Public	1-5	2401 Wilshire Blvd.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 487-9172	233	14	16.6	—	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	222 (95.3%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	48.5	2687^th of 5804 public elementary schools	53.7%		55.2	2297^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.8%	390	22.7	22.7	35.3	40.5	50.0	42.6	50.0	51.4	38.6	46.1							$48,202	$43,840	$4,362

Frequently Asked Questions about Leo Politi Elementary

What district is Leo Politi Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend Leo Politi Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 504 students attended Leo Politi Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Leo Politi Elementary attend?

Students who attend Leo Politi Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Berendo Middle
High : Belmont Senior High
High : Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community
High : Contreras Learning Center-Los Angeles School of Global Studies
High : Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
High : Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
High : School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex

Is Leo Politi Elementary a good school?

Leo Politi Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.3% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Leo Politi Elementary?

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

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