Fries Elementary

Fries Avenue Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Fries Avenue, Wilmington, California. Fries is part of Local District 8 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and offers pre-kindergarten through 5th grade education. It was opened back in 1923 and follows a traditional single track school calendar. The school's main objectives as stated in their mission statement is "to provide all children with a rigorous, standards-based curriculum in a nurturing, healthy environment in order to help students reach their fullest potential and to prepare them to be productive and responsible citizens."

School Statistics

100% of the teachers at Fries Ave Elementary are with full teaching credentials. They also average 16 years of teaching experience, 3 more than the state's average. They also average 15 years of teaching in the district. Only 2% of the Fries Ave faculty are first year teachers.

The school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten, 19 for both grades 1 and 2, 20 for grade 3, 29 for grade 4, and 31 for grade 5. The student-staff ratio is 70 Students per paraprofessional staff, 237 Students per office/clerical staff, and 148 Students per other classified staff.

Fries Ave's student population are of Hispanic/Latino majority, accounting for 96% of the total school enrollees followed by African Americans with 2% of the student population. Other race/ethnicities that make up the rest of the student body are White, Pacific Islander, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Filipino.