Harvard Elementary School

Harvard Elementary School is a public elementary school located in North Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Harvard opened in 2005 and has been serving students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade level since, under a traditional single track calendar year. Part of Local District 4 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Harvard has approximately 409 students enrolled. The students of Harvard are also nicknamed as "The Huskies."

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 744, which corresponds to a state rank of 5 (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

92% of Harvard Elementary's teachers have full teaching credentials. They also average 8 years in teaching experience as a group, while also averaging 8 years teaching experience in the district. 13% of the Harvard faculty are first year teachers.

The school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten and grade 1, 19 for grades 2 and 3, and 29 for grade 4. The school's student-staff ratio is 205 Students per office/clerical staff, and 409 Students per other classified staff.

Majority of the school's student population, approximately 89% are of Latino or Hispanic descent. The rest of Harvard's enrollees are either Filipino (6%), Asian (4%), African American (1%), or White (less than 1%).