Humphreys Elementary

Humphreys Avenue Elementary School is a public school situated on the eastside of Los Angeles, where the 60 and 710 freeways intersect. The school, which offers preschool through fifth grade education, has 38 regular classrooms and 7 classes in Math, Science, and Technology Magnet Center. Opened in 1922, Humphreys operate in a traditional single track calendar year. It is also part of Local District 5 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. They have an enrollment of approximately 890 students in both English and Spanish/bilingual classrooms. The Humphreys students are also called "Eagles."

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 682, which corresponds to a state rank of 2 (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest. 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

98% of Humphrey's teachers have full teaching credentials, while 2% have emergency credentials. The school's faculty, which has no first year teachers as of 2005-06, compiles an average of 11 years in teaching experience and 11 average years teaching in the district...the school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten and grade 1, 19 for grades 2 and 3, 25 for grade 4, and 30 for grade 5.

The student-staff ratio is 68 Students per paraprofessional staff, 148 Students per office/clerical staff, and 99 Students per other classified staff. Majority of the student body (99%) is of Hispanic or Latino descent. The rest are White, Pacific Islander, and African American.