Ritter Elementary
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John Ritter Elementary School is a public primary school located in Watts Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Ritter Elementary was founded in 1928 and has been serving pre-kindergarten to 5th grade elementary students, since. The school is part of Local District 7 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and follows a traditional single track school calendar. As of 2005-06, Ritter has 455 students enrolled. Majority of them are Hispanic or Latino, with approximately one-fourths of them being African American. The rest are White and American Indian/Alaska Native. 96% of the students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. 57% of them are English language learners. Ritter has a Students per Teacher Ratio (STR) of 19.14 which ranks them #64 among 224 elementary schools in Los Angeles based on STR. Average Class Size
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Ranking
- State Rank: 1 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 617 (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
1928 - John Ritter Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="33.935002" lon="-118.22789" type="map" zoom="17"> 33.934378, -118.22789, 11108 Watts Ave
Los Angeles, CA </googlemap>
1] Head north on Mona Blvd toward E 110th St.
2] Turn right at E 110th St.
3] Turn right at Watts Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Carolin Mc Kie - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 82%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 0%
- Average teaching experience: 8 years
- Average teaching in district: 7 years
- First year teachers: 27%
Ethnic Diversity
- 73% Hispanic/Latino
- 26% African American
- <1% White
- <1% American Indian/Alaska Native
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
