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Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci

Public Grades K-6

5071^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of California elementary schools

Summary

Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci is a Los Angeles public elementary school serving 480 students in kindergarten through sixth grade, within Los Angeles Unified. Among six nearby same-district schools with 2025–2026 results, Lawson had the lowest proficiency in English language arts, math, and science; its scores were also below district and state rates in all three subjects.

Math is Lawson’s strongest subject relative to district and state results, while ELA is closest to the nearby-school average. In 2025–2026, Lawson’s proficiency was 25% in ELA, 20% in math, and 9% in science, compared with district rates of 48%, 40%, and 32%, and state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The six nearby schools averaged 35% in ELA, 36% in math, and 22% in science. Results also vary by grade: fifth-grade math was a relative bright spot at 28%, while sixth-grade math was 12%. Chronic absenteeism has dropped substantially, but at 27% in 2025–2026 it remained above the district’s 23% and the state’s 18%.

Scores have improved since 2022–2023, though gaps remain and progress has not been steady. By 2025–2026, proficiency had risen 8 percentage points in ELA, 7 in math, and 6 in science; ELA and science dipped slightly from the prior year. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking rose from the 4th statewide percentile in 2022–2023 to the 13th percentile, with 1 star, in 2025–2026; nearby same-district schools ranked from the 22nd to 57th percentiles. Lawson’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 20.8, close to the nearby average of 20.5. In 2024–2025, 74% of students were directly certified for free meals, the highest reported share among nearby schools with that same measure and year. SchoolDigger’s subgroup ranking was notably higher for Special Education Students—59th percentile versus 11th overall in 2024–2025—while its ranking for African American Students fell from the 40th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 8th in 2022–2023.

480

Students ?

20.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,246

Per pupil spending ?

73.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

All students in California receive free school meals.

88%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

929 West 69th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90044-5200

(323) 565-3650

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci usually attend:

Middle:	John Muir Middle
High:	Augustus Hawkins High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.8%

African American:

11.7%

Two or more races:

3.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 4th percentile in 2023 → 13th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 13th (2026) from a 4th-percentile low (2023)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 18% California)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg42%

California avg42%

5,071^st of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

475^th of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

715^th of 1,530Los 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	16.9	5071 of 5817	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.7	5206 of 5857	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	5500 of 5869	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	5596 of 5859	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.4	5574 of 5883	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	5285 of 5789	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	4825 of 5662	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.9	4701 of 5692	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.0	4961 of 5614	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.3	4197 of 5611	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	18.1	610 of 661	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	35.7	401 of 663	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.5	539 of 747	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.7	508 of 700	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	25.8	2800 of 3162	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	3141 of 3245	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	3179 of 3311	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	2984 of 3275	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	3044 of 3246	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.0	5055 of 5581	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.6	4889 of 5597	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	5177 of 5612	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	5425 of 5609	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	5352 of 5635	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	5022 of 5492	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.3	4596 of 5413	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.9	3897 of 5094	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.5	4141 of 5107	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	4638 of 5107	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	4684 of 5087	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	4711 of 5084	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	4203 of 4963	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	3545 of 4830	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	23.3	4451 of 5423	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.2	4708 of 5460	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	5064 of 5517	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	5015 of 5363	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	4793 of 5264	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.1	4418 of 5173	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	4087 of 5084	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	20.9	4636 of 5603	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.4	5011 of 5628	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	5344 of 5643	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	5288 of 5638	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	5338 of 5663	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.8	5073 of 5510	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	4722 of 5431	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.9	1160 of 2847	59.3%	★★★☆☆

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 (2025)59th percentile+48 vs school

Hispanic (2026)23rd percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2026)17th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)11th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)9th percentile-3 vs school

African American (2023)8th percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Mathematics20%-18 vs state

Science9%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci	Public	K-6	929 West 69th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 565-3650	480	23	20.8	—	5 (1.0%)	56 (11.7%)	402 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	16.9	5071^st of 5817 public elementary schools	12.8%		15.7	5206^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%	135	9.3	9.3	17.2	30.9	30.9	20.9	25.2	17.0	22.1	27.8	11.6	20.3	88%	0%	$26,246	$3,482	$22,764
Gil Garcetti Learning Academy	Public	K-6	612 West 68th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 753-2133	519	26	19.9	—	2 (0.4%)	56 (10.8%)	450 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	47.7	2735^th of 5817 public elementary schools	53.0%		40.2	3201^st of 5857 public elementary schools	45.3%	466	38.2	38.2	31.2	41.2	57.9	41.0	42.4	38.3	33.8	52.6	33.8	38.9	93%	0%	$26,987	$2,903	$24,084
Loren Miller Elementary	Public	K-6	830 West 77th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 753-4445	601	29	20.7	—	5 (0.8%)	83 (13.8%)	499 (83.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	23.3	4542^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	21.9%		24.4	4465^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.8%	77	18.3	18.3	27.3	25.0	26.8	25.4	26.1	41.4	32.1	16.9	19.7	28.3	97%	0%	$27,918	$3,473	$24,445
Raymond Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7511 Raymond Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1183	457	22	21.2	96.7%	1 (0.2%)	114 (24.9%)	329 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	35	3586^th of 5817 public elementary schools	38.4%		35	3584^th of 5857 public elementary schools	38.8%	2	21.2	21.2	27.4	40.5	31.8		33.7	37.1	41.9	33.3		37.6	98%	0%	$27,677	$2,716	$24,961
Budlong Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5940 South Budlong Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 750-6955	624	33	18.9	96.6%	6 (1.0%)	99 (15.9%)	506 (81.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	25.2	4372^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	24.8%		19.8	4846^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.3%	474	16.8	16.8	29.4	31.0	25.5		28.7	40.2	32.0	19.0		30.3	93%	0%	$29,699	$3,909	$25,790
Sixty-First Street Elementary	Public	K-6	6020 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1138	541	28	19.3	—	7 (1.3%)	52 (9.6%)	460 (85.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	52	2495^th of 5817 public elementary schools	57.1%		47.6	2729^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.4%	234	19.1	19.1	26.2	51.2	38.8	62.2	43.0	50.8	50.6	38.8	70.3	50.4	94%	0%	$32,369	$3,383	$28,986
Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	142 West 75th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 971-8885	752	41	18.3	96.8%	16 (2.1%)	73 (9.7%)	650 (86.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	31.3	3883^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	33.2%		36	3483^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	40.5%	400	17.4	17.4	26.7	36.6	37.0	36.9	34.5	34.8	38.6	26.5	27.2	31.7	91%	0%	$29,845	$3,515	$26,330
Aspire Slauson Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	123 West 59th St.	Los Angeles	94606	Los Angeles County	Aspire Slauson Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-8400	303	13	23.1	96.4%	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.6%)	262 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	13	5391^st of 5817 public elementary schools	7.3%		9.1	5683^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	3.0%	292	3.6	3.6	20.0	12.5	25.0	25.6	19.8	26.0	17.9	17.9	14.0	19.2	≥ 95%		$23,769	$2,303	$21,466
Aspire Juanita Tate Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	123 West 59th St.	Los Angeles	94606	Los Angeles County	Aspire Juanita Tate Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-8400	323	15	21.4	—	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.3%)	281 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.0%)	55.5	2296^th of 5817 public elementary schools	60.5%		35.7	3526^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.8%	1230	22.7	22.7	72.9	37.5	40.9	60.0	52.1	47.9	35.1	50.0	47.5	44.4	95%	0%	$22,374	$2,412	$19,962
Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	123 West 59th St.	Los Angeles	94606	Los Angeles County	Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-8400	308	15	20.3	94.2%	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.8%)	281 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25.9	4316^th of 5817 public elementary schools	25.8%		24.8	4429^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.4%	113	17.3	17.3	20.5	36.7	27.5	57.1	33.8	22.2	33.3	9.6	31.4	22.2	≥ 98%		$22,869	$2,339	$20,530

Frequently Asked Questions about Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci

How many students attend Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci?

In the 2024-25 school year, 480 students attended Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci.

What is the racial makeup of Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci?

Students at Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci are 84% Hispanic, 12% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% White.

What district is Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci in?

Los Angeles Unified

Is Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci a good school?

Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci ranks in the bottom 12.8% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci attend?

Students who attend Gerald A. Lawson Academy of the Arts Math and Sci usually go on to attend:

Middle : John Muir Middle
High : Augustus Hawkins High

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