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Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy

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Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy ranks 3796 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3796^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy is a public K-5 school serving 367 students in the Los Angeles Unified district, operating in a high-need community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school has shown impressive and consistent improvement, climbing from a low state ranking several years ago to a solid 2-star rating, with its strongest area being science; about 32% of students are proficient, which is close to the state average and notably higher than many nearby schools like Wadsworth Avenue Elementary and Harmony Elementary. It also excels in getting students to school regularly, boasting the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the area at 17%, a dramatic improvement from a few years ago and much better than neighbors such as Hooper Avenue Elementary. The school is particularly effective with English Language Learners and students from low-income families, who achieve state rankings significantly higher than the school's overall average.

While overall English and math scores are still catching up to district and state averages, the school's upward trajectory and specific strengths are clear. It spends more per student than some higher-performing nearby schools like Synergy Charter Academy, but its focused efforts are paying off in attendance, science, and support for specific student groups, making it a steadily improving option within the community.

367

Students ?

21.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,595

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1041 East 46th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90011-3627

(323) 235-7117

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy usually attend:

Middle:	George Washington Carver Middle
High:	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High
	Nava College Preparatory Academy
	Santee Education Complex
	Thomas Jefferson Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.1%

African American:

5.2%

Two or more races:

1.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 29th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 16 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg39%

California avg41%

3,796^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

343^rd 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	32.0	3796 of 5857	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.7	3321 of 5869	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.0	4548 of 5859	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	5064 of 5883	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	4653 of 5789	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.8	4529 of 5662	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.5	4903 of 5692	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.4	5182 of 5614	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	26.4	3994 of 5611	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	69.2	433 of 3162	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	35.6	2112 of 3245	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.1	1867 of 3311	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	2023 of 3275	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.5	2285 of 3246	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.9	3857 of 5597	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	3309 of 5612	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.3	4395 of 5609	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	4528 of 5635	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	4322 of 5492	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4303 of 5413	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.6	2458 of 5107	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.4	2183 of 5107	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.5	3499 of 5087	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.1	4029 of 5084	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.0	3548 of 4963	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.7	3442 of 4830	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.9	2586 of 5460	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.2	2455 of 5517	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.6	3762 of 5363	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	4172 of 5264	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	3737 of 5173	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.5	3584 of 5084	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	3416 of 5628	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.1	3058 of 5643	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.1	4344 of 5638	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	5119 of 5663	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	4598 of 5510	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	4404 of 5431	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)86th percentile+43 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)53rd percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Science32%~ state avg

Mathematics30%-8 vs state

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Great school. They do project based leaning, CGI, have many events throughout the year, including a Night Under the Stars event and highly engaged teachers and staff. Close Quote

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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
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
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
Harmony Elementary	Public	K-5	899 East 42nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-0791	409	24	17.0	97.6%	8 (2.0%)	16 (3.9%)	382 (93.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	20	4826^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.6%		16.5	5167^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.0%	341	10.8		10.8	21.9	22.1	31.3				25.0	37.5	14.3	24.6				25.1	92.0	96.6		93.1	95.4	96.6	$26,985	$6,140	$20,845
Forty-Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	750 East 49th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 234-9045	491	24	20.4	97.4%	5 (1.0%)	39 (7.9%)	435 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	28	4135^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.4%		16.8	5139^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.4%	1004	11.5		11.5	38.2	27.4	24.1				29.4	43.8	33.3	24.1				33.2	96.4			97.3		97.3	$27,795	$6,441	$21,354
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
Aurora Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 East 52nd Pl.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-1500	304	17	17.8	97.0%	3 (1.0%)	18 (5.9%)	269 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	26.7	4253^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	27.4%		18	5029^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.3%	776	18.2		18.2	21.3	27.6	35.9				28.5	33.3	33.9	25.5				30.9	92.9	95.7		97.1	95.7		$29,664	$5,649	$24,015
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
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
Wadsworth Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	981 East 41st St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-5234	506	26	19.8	96.2%	6 (1.2%)	25 (4.9%)	464 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	18	5015^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.4%		15.2	5287^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.9%	272	10.5		10.5	16.2	31.6	25.3				24.5	30.0	27.9	12.4				22.7							$26,666	$5,344	$21,322
Center for Advanced Learning	Public, Charter	K-5	4016 South Central Ave.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Center for Advanced Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-0245	237	13	18.2	90.7%	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	224 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	45.2	2873^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	50.9%		32.2	3767^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.8%	894	18.0		18.0	58.7	45.2	48.7				51.2	52.2	16.7	23.1				31.5	91.3				91.3		$24,395	$3,366	$21,029

Frequently Asked Questions about Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy

How many students attend Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy?

Students at Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy are 92% Hispanic, 5% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy attend?

Students who attend Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : George Washington Carver Middle
High : Dr. Maya Angelou Community High
High : Nava College Preparatory Academy
High : Santee Education Complex
High : Thomas Jefferson Senior High

Is Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy a good school?

Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy ranks 3796^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy in?

Los Angeles Unified

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