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Forty-Second Street Elementary
4231 Fourth Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 3%
  • English learners: 15%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 4%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 100%
  • Special education within past two years: 15%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.43
(based on the 21% who responded)
Graduate School
 2%
College Graduate
 10%
Some College
 39%
High School
Graduate
 27%
Not a High School
Graduate
 22%

State Rank: 1 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
6572
Student Ethnicity:
African American
 69%
Hispanic/Latino
 28%
American Indian
 2%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 90008:

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Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)