Hammel Elementary

Hammel Street Elementary School is a public elementary school located in North Brannick Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1915, Hammel Elementary School is part of Local District 5 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is serving approximately 915 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten to 5th grade levels under a traditional single track calendar year.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 690, which corresponds to a state rank of 3 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2006).

School Statistics

100% of Hammel School's teachers have full teaching credentials. As a group, they also average 13 years in teaching experience and 13 average years teaching in the district. Only 2% of the Hammel faculty are first year teachers...the school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten, 19 for grade 1, 20 for both grades 2 and 3, and 29 for both grades 4 and 5.

The school's student-staff ratio is 51 Students per paraprofessional staff, 183 Students per office/clerical staff, and 83 Students per other classified staff. Majority of the Hammel's student body (99%) are of Hispanic or Latino descent. Other race/ethnicity that make up the rest of the school population are African American, White, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Filipino.