# Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `060162000022` - **School name**: Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary - **Location**: Lakewood, CA 90715 - **Address**: 21314 Claretta Ave. - **District**: ABC Unified (LEAID `0601620`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Grade range**: 0–6 - **Coordinates**: 33.83610, -118.06700 - **Phone**: (562)229-7885 - **Website**: https://www.melbournees.us ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 338 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 15 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.5:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 92.3% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: Green - math: Red - ela: Red - chronic_absent: Red ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 38.3% proficient — 174 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2024**: chronic absence 18.4% (67 students) [source: ca_dashboard] - **2020**: chronic absence 15.9% (68 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 1.4% (5 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.1% (4 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.2% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 92.4% - **Black/African American**: 2.1% - **Asian**: 0.5% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 0.5% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 4.3% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 93.5% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 16.7% — 59 students - **English Learners**: 48.4% — 171 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 42 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 23 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students - **Autism**: 5 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 3 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $21,580 - **Federal share**: $2,443 - **State + local share**: $19,137 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 353 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $17,956,800 - **Federal share**: 9.7% - **State share**: 68.2% - **Local share**: 22.1% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,513,526 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $92,212 - **Poverty rate**: 8.2% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 29.6% - **Unemployment**: 7.2% - **Median gross rent**: $2,089 - **Foreign-born residents**: 31.9% - **Single-parent households**: 8.4% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 6.9 miles (MCCOLL) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 2 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 107 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.16 miles (LOS ALAMITOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: LAKEWOOD - CITY, WATER DEPT. - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 11.3449 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 6.7 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Artesia High** — 0.7 mi away, 0.35% (this school: 18.4%) - **Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle** — 0.8 mi away, 12.3% (this school: 18.4%) - **Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 11.5% (this school: 18.4%) - **A. E. Arnold Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 8.1% (this school: 18.4%) - **Lexington Junior High** — 0.9 mi away, 12% (this school: 18.4%) ### ela proficiency - **Palms Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 32.9% (this school: 29.15%) - **Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle** — 0.6 mi away, 30.45% (this school: 29.15%) - **Artesia High** — 0.7 mi away, 31.1% (this school: 29.15%) - **Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle** — 0.8 mi away, 62.9% (this school: 29.15%) - **Hawaiian Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 40.6% (this school: 29.15%) ### math proficiency - **Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle** — 0.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **Hawaiian Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **A. E. Arnold Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Aloha Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Lexington Junior High** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/melbourne-ella-p-elementary-lakewood/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.* *Canonical cross-domain architecture: WhatSchool.ai · Spill.org · CourseMap.org · WhatCareer.net*