York

Summary:

York is an elementary school located in Hawthorne, CA that serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 471 students. It is part of the Hawthorne School District, which is ranked 821 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

York faces several key challenges, including below-average academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics trailing the district and state averages. The school has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.1% in 2017-2018 to 32.5% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the surrounding Washington and Eucalyptus schools. Additionally, York has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 70.06% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While York's African American students perform exceptionally well, ranking 39th out of 662 California elementary schools, the school's disabled students struggle significantly, ranking in the bottom 5% of the state. Compared to nearby schools, York's performance is generally on par with other Hawthorne schools but lags behind the Lennox and Inglewood Unified schools in the area, such as Moffett Elementary, Dolores Huerta Elementary, and Buford Elementary.


Detail:

Public K-5

 11838 South York Ave.
       Hawthorne, CA  90250-3125


(310) 675-1189

District: Hawthorne

SchoolDigger Rank:
3169th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,939 Help


Students who attend York usually attend:

Middle:    Prairie Vista Middle
High:    Hawthorne High
    Lawndale High
    Leuzinger High

Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  460

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
76.3%
African American:
17.0%
White:
2.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details York ranks worse than 54.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Hawthorne School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.03. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (76.3%), African American (17%), White (2.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at York is 19.1, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the Hawthorne School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at York is $8,939, which is the highest among 7 elementary schools in the Hawthorne School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

York:

SchoolDigger ranks York 3169th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See York in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Hawthorne:

SchoolDigger ranks Hawthorne 821st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for York

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Rank History for all students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 21.37 3843rd 4809 20.1%
2005 18.65 4061st 4822 15.8%
2006 19.31 4052nd 4818 15.9%
2007 25.53 3891st 5113 23.9%
2008 24.89 3974th 5113 22.3%
2009 24.95 4075th 5193 21.5%
2010 37.55 3318th 5314 37.6%
2011 30.60 3939th 5377 26.7%
2012 38.48 3355th 5390 37.8%
2013 23.16 4519th 5530 18.3%
2015 27.48 3897th 5611 30.5%
2016 38.65 3168th 5614 43.6%
2017 38.17 3227th 5692 43.3%
2018 44.45 2860th 5662 49.5%
2019 45.22 2864th 5789 50.5%
2022 43.57 2876th 5883 51.1%
2023 53.95 2337th 5874 60.2%
2024 40.03 3169th 5862 45.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.73 2195th 3246 32.4%
2019 37.94 1919th 3275 41.4%
2022 55.61 939th 3311 71.6%
2023 71.11 465th 3250 85.7%
2024 45.11 1472nd 3160 53.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.32 1778th 5084 65.0%
2019 57.57 1925th 5173 62.8%
2022 64.99 1421st 5264 73.0%
2023 75.59 964th 5374 82.1%
2024 51.23 2304th 5511 58.2%
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Rank History for Female students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.66 2558th 5413 52.7%
2019 44.21 2850th 5492 48.1%
2022 33.11 3484th 5635 38.2%
2023 52.18 2288th 5617 59.3%
2024 44.62 2752nd 5605 50.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.70 2075th 2128 2.5%
2019 18.13 2441st 2585 5.6%
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Rank History for Male students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.53 2947th 5431 45.7%
2019 46.34 2655th 5510 51.8%
2022 54.31 2226th 5663 60.7%
2023 54.01 2227th 5650 60.6%
2024 35.26 3393rd 5636 39.8%
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Rank History for African American students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 88.06 39th 662 94.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at York

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.27 1718th 4830 64.4%
2019 58.05 1790th 4963 63.9%
2022 61.29 1562nd 5084 69.3%
2023 68.85 1233rd 5098 75.8%
2024 54.95 1951st 5102 61.8%
See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Open Quote Very terrible 1st and 2nd day of school. Unorganized, 40 kinders per class and only 2 classes. Not good for new/young kids that are already sad and nervous. They're 4,5,6 come on guys. Teachers running around moving students mid-day, changing classrooms, kids standing up because they don't have a seat and not one time did they apologize to the parents for the inconvenience. No heads-up or anything. Everything was found out the 1st or second day. My child went there for TK and for her to start kindergarten (still nervous) and her seat has been changed 2xs, she has no previous classmates in her new class so for her it's like going to a new school all over again. Terrible. Staff has no sympathy for any parents complaints. They're too busy trying to cover up their mistakes so they push the parents away. Get it together guys. Bad look. Close Quote



Enrollment information for York

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 123 185 82 406 0 n/a n/a 0 796
1989 109 206 47 395 1 n/a n/a 0 758
1990 84 219 44 428 0 n/a n/a 0 775
1991 75 244 52 465 0 n/a n/a 0 836
1992 72 303 50 508 0 n/a n/a 0 933
1993 70 270 51 507 0 n/a n/a 0 898
1994 56 236 56 515 0 n/a n/a 0 863
1995 31 277 27 573 3 n/a n/a 0 911
1996 31 277 27 573 3 n/a n/a 0 911
1997 22 225 38 603 1 n/a n/a 0 889
1998 24 228 45 630 1 n/a n/a 0 928
1999 13 191 41 576 0 n/a n/a 8 829
2000 13 204 33 617 0 n/a n/a 2 869
2001 25 186 53 620 0 n/a n/a 5 889
2002 17 193 32 613 4 n/a n/a 10 869
2003 17 193 32 613 4 n/a n/a 10 869
2004 14 170 37 652 0 n/a n/a 0 873
2005 12 153 30 625 0 n/a n/a 13 833
2006 1 150 20 605 1 n/a n/a 0 777
2007 7 149 22 547 0 n/a n/a 1 726
2008 7 136 16 521 1 n/a n/a 0 681
2009 11 140 9 510 0 3 2 0 675
2010 9 121 8 488 1 2 0 0 629
2011 9 115 8 498 1 3 0 0 634
2012 9 101 7 473 5 1 0 0 596
2013 7 107 7 450 1 4 1 0 577
2014 4 113 7 477 1 10 1 0 613
2015 7 102 9 500 0 10 1 0 629
2016 2 76 8 504 6 9 3 0 608
2017 6 87 8 501 2 8 3 0 615
2018 7 86 10 467 0 8 1 0 579
2019 12 76 11 419 1 3 1 0 523
2020 13 76 7 374 2 3 13 0 488
2021 14 75 10 352 2 2 3 0 458
2022 16 75 11 332 2 3 3 0 442
2023 11 80 8 358 2 5 7 0 471
2024 12 78 7 351 1 7 4 0 460

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at York

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 796 28.9 27.5 n/a
1989 758 32.0 23.6 n/a
1990 775 33.0 23.4 n/a
1991 836 37.0 22.5 n/a
1992 933 37.6 24.8 59.1
1993 898 40.0 22.5 63.1
1994 863 36.0 24.0 67.8
1995 911 36.0 25.3 86.6
1996 911 36.0 25.3 86.6
1997 889 37.0 24.0 91.7
1998 928 43.0 21.6 90.7
1999 829 45.0 18.4 88.2
2000 869 45.0 19.3 88.7
2001 889 43.0 20.7 82.5
2002 869 41.0 21.2 89.5
2003 869 41.0 21.2 89.5
2004 873 39.9 21.9 88.8
2005 833 39.0 21.4 94.3
2006 777 38.0 20.4 88.2
2007 726 36.0 20.2 90.1
2008 681 39.0 17.5 91.6
2009 675 33.0 18.2 81.5
2010 629 29.0 21.6 90.9
2011 634 n/a n/a 86.9
2012 596 26.5 22.4 n/a
2013 577 21.6 26.6 90.5
2014 613 22.0 27.8 90.4
2015 629 26.0 24.1 90.9
2016 608 25.0 24.3 90.1
2017 615 27.0 22.7 88.1
2018 579 26.0 22.2 91.2
2019 523 26.4 19.8 91.8
2020 488 n/a n/a 87.7
2021 458 21.0 21.8 91
2022 442 22.5 19.6 74
2023 471 22.5 20.9 70.1
2024 460 24.0 19.1 86.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio York

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 796 28.9 27.5 n/a
1989 758 32.0 23.6 n/a
1990 775 33.0 23.4 n/a
1991 836 37.0 22.5 n/a
1992 933 37.6 24.8 59.1
1993 898 40.0 22.5 63.1
1994 863 36.0 24.0 67.8
1995 911 36.0 25.3 86.6
1996 911 36.0 25.3 86.6
1997 889 37.0 24.0 91.7
1998 928 43.0 21.6 90.7
1999 829 45.0 18.4 88.2
2000 869 45.0 19.3 88.7
2001 889 43.0 20.7 82.5
2002 869 41.0 21.2 89.5
2003 869 41.0 21.2 89.5
2004 873 39.9 21.9 88.8
2005 833 39.0 21.4 94.3
2006 777 38.0 20.4 88.2
2007 726 36.0 20.2 90.1
2008 681 39.0 17.5 91.6
2009 675 33.0 18.2 81.5
2010 629 29.0 21.6 90.9
2011 634 n/a n/a 86.9
2012 596 26.5 22.4 n/a
2013 577 21.6 26.6 90.5
2014 613 22.0 27.8 90.4
2015 629 26.0 24.1 90.9
2016 608 25.0 24.3 90.1
2017 615 27.0 22.7 88.1
2018 579 26.0 22.2 91.2
2019 523 26.4 19.8 91.8
2020 488 n/a n/a 87.7
2021 458 21.0 21.8 91
2022 442 22.5 19.6 74
2023 471 22.5 20.9 70.1
2024 460 24.0 19.1 86.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
2012100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201396.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%98.0%100.0%96.0%98.0%98.0%
201492.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%92.0%100.0%92.0%92.0%92.0%
201582.0%0.0%0.0%18.0%82.0%100.0%82.0%82.0%82.0%
201685.0%1.0%0.0%14.0%85.0%99.0%85.0%85.0%85.0%
201794.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%95.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%97.0%97.0%
201891.0%0.0%1.0%5.0%94.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%92.0%92.0%
201993.0%0.0%7.0%95.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%95.0%94.0%
202096.3%0.0%0.0%96.3%96.3%96.3%
202190.3%0.0%0.0%91.7%91.7%91.7%93.1%
202289.5%0.0%0.0%94.2%95.4%95.4%93.0%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for York

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,939

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on York

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2864th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 2337th of 5874 Elementary schools
 9.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (York)61.348
 13.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hawthorne)46.738.4
 8.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (York)65.653.3
 12.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Hawthorne)51.944.2
 7.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (York)44.329.9
 14.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hawthorne)48.637.7
 10.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (York)38.838.2
 0.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Hawthorne)42.536.4
 6.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (York)38.647.1
 8.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hawthorne)44.642
 2.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (York)23.940.9
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Hawthorne)31.129.2
 1.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (York)14.932.9
 17.9%
   5th Grade Science (Hawthorne)21.223.9
 2.7%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students523471
 9.9%
African American7680
 5.3%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian118
 27.3%
Hispanic419358
 14.6%
Pacific Islander35
 66.7%
White1211
 8.3%
Two or More Races17
 600%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.8%70.1%
 21.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about York

York ranks 3169th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at York are 76% Hispanic, 17% African American, 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander.

Students who attend York usually go on to attend:

Middle : Prairie Vista Middle
High : Hawthorne High
High : Lawndale High
High : Leuzinger High

In the 2023-24 school year, 460 students attended York.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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