Ninety-third Street Elementary, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Ninety-third Street Elementary

Ninety-Third Street Elementary is a kindergarten through sixth-grade school in South Los Angeles, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its enrollment is small for that grade band, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black population and a very small number of white students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting deep economic need in the surrounding neighborhood.

Academic proficiency across the school is low. On California's state assessments in math and English language arts, results range from the low teens to mid-thirties across grade three through six. Grade six math proficiency is particularly weak. ELA proficiency is lowest in third grade and highest in fifth grade. The school has one available science result, from fifth grade, showing similarly low proficiency. The school has only one year of assessment data, so trend information is not available. Positioned against other schools within Los Angeles County, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. A parent may want to explore with the school what academic supports are in place, what progress has been made over time before this current year, and what interventions target the gaps in math and ELA.

The school sits in an economically stressed part of Los Angeles, in the 90003 zip code. Median home values in that area are moderate for the county, though rent is substantial relative to household income. Housing affordability is stretched; rent consumes a notably large share of income for renters. The surrounding neighborhood is part of South LA, a historically disinvested area that has seen commercial and infrastructure development but continues to face concentrated poverty.

Los Angeles as a city is in active growth and rezoning, with new housing incentive programs and significant developments underway, especially downtown and along transit corridors. However, the immediate area around Ninety-Third Street Elementary has not experienced the same level of visible investment. The school is within LAUSD, the nation's second-largest school district, which has undertaken significant recent changes. The district implemented a district-wide cellphone ban in February 2025 affecting school culture and student-parent communication. It also has expanded its Black Student Achievement Plan with additional funding for culturally responsive curriculum and counseling at targeted schools. Additionally, voters approved a large facilities bond for aging school buildings, which will add property tax costs for families in the district over an extended period.

The school's low proficiency results deserve careful attention. They reflect broader patterns of academic struggle in schools serving high-poverty, predominantly students-of-color populations in Los Angeles. For a family considering this school, understanding what the school's growth trajectory looks like, what specific instructional priorities the school has set, and what community and district support is available would be essential steps in assessing fit.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 48% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 43% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 36% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 35% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 44% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 45% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 47% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 46% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 29% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 11 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.