15th Street Elementary
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Ranking
- State Rank: 4 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 717 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)
From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
History
1909 - Fifteenth Street Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="33.731335" lon="-118.285675" type="map" zoom="13"> 33.730353, -118.285745, 1527 S Mesa St
San Pedro, CA </googlemap>
1] From the west, head north on S Pacific Ave toward W 21st St, turn right at W 16th St, then turn left at S Mesa St.
2] From the east, head south on S Harbor Blvd toward Gulch Rd, turn right at S Crescent Ave, then another right at S Palos Verdes St. Take the left at W 16th St, then the right at S Mesa St.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Delia Gasco - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 97%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 0%
- Average teaching experience: 13 years
- Average teaching in district: 13 years
- First year teachers: 0%
Ethnic Diversity
- 85% Hispanic/Latino
- 8% African American
- 5% White
- 1% Asian
- <1% Filipino
- <1% Pacific Islander
- <1% American Indian/Alaska Native
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California. It was annexed in 1909 and is a major seaport of the area. The town has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry to become primarily a blue-collar working town.
(Population 72,146) The racial make up of San Pedro according to the 2000 U.S. Census data is 63.02% Caucasian (Croatian, Italian, Hispanic-Whites, Middle Eastern) 6.45% Black, 1.02% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 4.78% Asian, 0.40% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 18.02% some other race, and 6.30% two or more races. Separate from those statistics, 41.14% of "Caucasians" identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, and 43.41% as "Caucasian" alone, not Hispanic or Latino.
