Lowest Student–Teacher Ratio in Los Angeles Unified (2025)

Schools with the fewest students per FTE teacher, among schools with at least 100 students. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools in Los Angeles Unified, California. Rank positions shown on each profile are within United States and California.

#	School	Sector	Students per teacher	Success Index (US)	Key result	Students
1	Mayberry Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	12.8	17.2 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	128
2	Horace Mann UCLA Community Los Angeles · High · Grades 6–12	Public	12.9	14.5 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	440
3	Charles Maclay Middle Pacoima · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	13.2	15.9 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	238
4	Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy Los Angeles · High · Grades 6–12	Public	13.3	13.8 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	293
5	University Pathways Public Service Academy Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	13.4	25.9 Lower 50%	97.5% Free/reduced-price lunch	121
6	Audubon Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	13.5	13.9 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	446
7	Marina del Rey Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	13.6	18.8 Lower 50%	13% Math proficiency	300
8	Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3 Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	13.8	19.2 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	263
9	Harrison Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	14.3	16.5 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	229
10	Sal Castro Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	14.5	15.7 Lower 50%	16% Math proficiency	276
11	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	14.7	19.1 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	457
12	Katherine Johnson STEM Academy Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	14.8	35.9 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	133
13	Wilton Place Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	14.9	23.7 Lower 50%	33% Math proficiency	297
14	Mervyn M. Dymally High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	14.9	11.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	654
15	Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.0	27.9 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	1,260
16	Daniel Webster Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.1	20.8 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	438
17	Edwin Markham Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.1	13.5 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	618
18	Breed Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.2	23.2 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	258
19	Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad San Fernando · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.3	27.4 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	321
20	Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.3	12.6 Lower 50%	18% Math proficiency	382
21	Pinewood Avenue Elementary Tujunga · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.4	20.8 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	215
22	Cesar Chavez Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.4	17.6 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	169
23	Trinity Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades 2–5	Public	15.4	15.3 Lower 50%	16% Math proficiency	185
24	Forty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.4	11.6 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	215
25	Soto Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.5	27.7 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	186
26	Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles Harbor City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.6	30.6 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	296
27	Helen Bernstein High Hollywood · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.6	27.7 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	703
28	Harvard Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.6	20.6 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	249
29	Loreto Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.6	15.2 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	250
30	John A. Sutter Middle Canoga Park · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.6	14.1 Lower 50%	15% Math proficiency	763
31	Murchison Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.6	10.5 Lower 50%	10% Math proficiency	312
32	Holmes Avenue Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.6	10.2 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	125
33	President Avenue Elementary Harbor City · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	15.7	38.4 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	362
34	George Washington Preparatory High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.7	14.3 Lower 50%	7% Math proficiency	738
35	Pacific Boulevard Huntington Park · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.8	23.5 Lower 50%	33% Math proficiency	301
36	San Fernando Middle San Fernando · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.8	17.7 Lower 50%	19% Math proficiency	442
37	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.8	13.2 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	441
38	Berendo Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.8	12.5 Lower 50%	11% Math proficiency	552
39	Hollywood Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	15.9	30.7 Lower 50%	49.5% Math proficiency	175
40	Hollywood Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.0	29.9 Lower 50%	24% Math proficiency	1,025
41	Abraham Lincoln Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.0	29.5 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	913
42	Glen Alta Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–8	Public	16.0	27.3 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	112
43	Los Angeles Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.0	23.2 Lower 50%	19% Math proficiency	978
44	Lexington Avenue Primary Center Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–2	Public	16.1	25.2 Lower 50%	93.8% Free/reduced-price lunch	113
45	Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	16.1	13.4 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	209
46	Thomas Jefferson Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.1	13.0 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	564
47	Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle Carson · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.2	24.3 Lower 50%	23% Math proficiency	341
48	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.2	10.7 Lower 50%	2% Math proficiency	971
49	Jordan High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.3	20.8 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	797
50	Ambassador-Global Leadership Los Angeles · High · Grades 6–12	Public	16.3	15.8 Lower 50%	13% Math proficiency	472
51	George Washington Carver Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.3	12.6 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	635
52	Bret Harte Preparatory Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.3	8.8 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	456
53	Palms Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.4	24.3 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	229
54	Bridge Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.4	20.2 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	180
55	Utah Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–8	Public	16.4	17.6 Lower 50%	18% Math proficiency	360
56	Normandie Avenue Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.4	12.0 Lower 50%	21% Math proficiency	509
57	Manual Arts Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.4	11.5 Lower 50%	6% Math proficiency	1,001
58	One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary Gardena · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.5	23.7 Lower 50%	24% Math proficiency	363
59	Joseph Le Conte Middle Hollywood · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.5	16.4 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	627
60	Latona Avenue Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	16.6	39.5 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	149
61	Huntington Drive Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	16.6	24.9 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	282
62	James Monroe High North Hills · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.6	19.0 Lower 50%	11% Math proficiency	1,905
63	Charles White Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades 1–5	Public	16.6	11.5 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	233
64	Virginia Road Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.7	17.6 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	217
65	Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.7	11.4 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	317
66	Rosewood Avenue Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.8	33.1 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	218
67	Florence Nightingale Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.8	31.1 Lower 50%	33% Math proficiency	773
68	Cienega Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.8	29.3 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	370
69	Virgil Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.8	27.3 Lower 50%	35% Math proficiency	975
70	West Adams Preparatory High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.8	21.1 Lower 50%	21% Math proficiency	942
71	Orchard Academies 2B Bell · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.8	20.7 Lower 50%	24% Math proficiency	352
72	Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.8	14.0 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	202
73	Northridge Middle Northridge · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.8	13.3 Lower 50%	16% Math proficiency	670
74	Manhattan Place Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.8	9.1 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	218
75	Coliseum Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.8	7.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	218
76	Cahuenga Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	16.9	39.9 Lower 50%	50% Math proficiency	355
77	Pio Pico Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.9	20.4 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	253
78	East Valley Senior High North Hollywood · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.9	16.3 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	558
79	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.0	25.0 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	392
80	Robert F. Kennedy Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	17.0	20.5 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	170
81	Henry T. Gage Middle Huntington Park · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	17.0	14.9 Lower 50%	16% Math proficiency	1,139
82	John H. Liechty Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	17.0	13.9 Lower 50%	15% Math proficiency	748
83	Canoga Park Middle Canoga Park · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	17.0	13.7 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	579
84	Harmony Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.0	8.1 Lower 50%	10% Math proficiency	409
85	Nora Sterry Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.1	42.9 Lower 50%	47% Math proficiency	188
86	El Sereno Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	17.1	27.9 Lower 50%	34% Math proficiency	857
87	Sierra Park Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	17.1	26.9 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	240
88	Avalon Gardens Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	17.1	18.2 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	171
89	Belvedere Middle Los Angeles · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	17.1	18.2 Lower 50%	21% Math proficiency	734
90	Belmont Senior High Los Angeles · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.1	15.6 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	614
91	Van Ness Avenue Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.2	32.9 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	189
92	Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences Granada Hills · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.2	29.8 Lower 50%	16% Math proficiency	757
93	Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Studies Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.2	27.9 Lower 50%	34% Math proficiency	344
94	Stoner Avenue Elementary Culver City · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.2	18.7 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	258
95	Logan Academy of Global Ecology Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–8	Public	17.2	12.0 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	362
96	Verdugo Hills Senior High Tujunga · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.3	35.4 Lower 50%	30% Math proficiency	1,195
97	Vinedale College Preparatory Academy Sun Valley · Elementary · Grades K–8	Public	17.3	25.7 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	207
98	Lake Street Primary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–1	Public	17.3	23.8 Lower 50%	94.2% Free/reduced-price lunch	104
99	Fletcher Drive Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–5	Public	17.3	23.7 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	156
100	Albion Street Elementary Los Angeles · Elementary · Grades K–6	Public	17.3	21.8 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	121

Mayberry Street Elementary in Los Angeles leads the 2025 list of lowest student–teacher ratio in Los Angeles Unified with Students per teacher 12.8. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best ratio school in Los Angeles Unified?

Mayberry Street Elementary in Los Angeles, California ranks first among lowest student–teacher ratio in Los Angeles Unified with Students per teacher 12.8 (Enrollment: 128).

How are lowest student–teacher ratio in Los Angeles Unified ranked?

Schools with the fewest students per FTE teacher, among schools with at least 100 students. Only schools eligible for the Success Index (US) are included; the index is shown alongside for context.

Are these 2025 rankings official?

No. They are computed by Success Tutoring from official American data (Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES CCD, EDFacts); NCES Common Core of Data). States set their own assessments and proficiency cut scores, so proficiency rates are most comparable within a state. Use the state rankings for like-for-like comparisons.