Euclid Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Euclid Avenue Elementary

Euclid Avenue Elementary serves a neighborhood with very high material need. About nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with nearly all students drawn from the immediate area in a section of Los Angeles where homeownership is accessible but constrained by the cost of borrowing and the property tax impact of the recent Measure US bond.

The school is small to mid-sized for its grade band, spanning kindergarten through fifth grade. Recent state testing shows proficiency trailing what most schools achieve. In English language arts, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint for schools across Los Angeles County. Math proficiency is similarly positioned. In science, tested only at fifth grade, proficiency is notably lower still. The pattern is consistent: across tested grades and subjects, performance is below where the county schools cluster, on average. A parent may want to ask the school directly about the instructional strategies and supports in place to close those gaps, what data the school is tracking to measure progress, and whether additional resources or staffing have been allocated.

The data on special populations—students with individualized education plans and English learners—was not available in the sources accessed, so the full picture of how the school serves students with specific needs is not visible here. Given that this is a neighborhood school in a predominantly Spanish-speaking area, a family would want to ask about language support, ELL pathways, and how the school integrates newcomer students.

Euclid Avenue Elementary is a regular public school operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The broader district context includes a district-wide cellphone ban implemented in early 2025 that affects how students communicate during the school day, and voters' passage of Measure US, a major facilities bond that will raise property taxes on homeowners for up to a decade to fund school building repairs and upgrades. These are facts any family considering the neighborhood should know.

The school's academic profile indicates students here are working with considerable material hardship outside school and are not yet reaching proficiency benchmarks in core subjects at the rate typical for the region. The school itself is the central stable institution for a neighborhood and a place where children spend most of their waking hours. Whether this school is the right fit depends on what other schools are accessible, what your own family's circumstances are, and what kind of academic support you can offer at home.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 48% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 43% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 36% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 44% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 45% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 47% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 29% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolLos Angeles Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income81%43 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income73%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income62%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income59%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income64%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income54%26 pp gap