Is Broadway Elementary a good school?

Yes! Broadway Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 148 th of 5862 California elementary schools.

How many students attend Broadway Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 526 students attended Broadway Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Broadway Elementary?

Students at Broadway Elementary are 31% Two or more races, 29% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Broadway Elementary attend?

Students who attend Broadway Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Mark Twain Middle High : Venice Senior High

Broadway Elementary

Summary:

Broadway Elementary is a public elementary school located in Venice, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 511 students. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Broadway Elementary is an exceptional elementary school, consistently ranking among the top 5% of California elementary schools with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school outperformed the Los Angeles Unified and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, 85.38% of Broadway Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for Los Angeles Unified and 47.04% for California. The school also excelled in Science, with 80% of students proficient or better in CAST/Science, compared to 23.96% for Los Angeles Unified and 30.7% for California.

While Broadway Elementary is an exemplary school within the Los Angeles Unified district, it faces competition from high-performing schools in the neighboring Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, which is ranked 188 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating. For example, Grant Elementary in the Santa Monica-Malibu district outperformed Broadway Elementary in end-of-course English Language Arts/Literacy (76.43% vs. 85.38%) and Mathematics (70.11% vs. 79.25%).

Detail:

Public K-5

1015 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291-3506

(310) 392-4944

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
148^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,539

Students who attend Broadway Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mark Twain Middle
High:	Venice Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.9

Number of students: 526

Racial breakdown:

Two or more races:

30.6%

Asian:

28.7%

Hispanic:

25.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Broadway Elementary ranks better than 97.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 10^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 97.17. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Student population at Broadway Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: two or more races (30.6%), Asian (28.7%), Hispanic (25.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 25.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Broadway Elementary is 21.9. 403 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Broadway Elementary employs 24 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Broadway Elementary is $7,539. 503 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Broadway Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Broadway Elementary 148^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Broadway Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	37.28	2791^st	4809	42.0%
2005	44.89	2446^th	4822	49.3%
2006	47.92	2278^th	4818	52.7%
2007	49.55	2357^th	5113	53.9%
2008	43.87	2731^st	5113	46.6%
2009	45.79	2718^th	5193	47.7%
2010	78.91	1049^th	5314	80.3%
2011	73.07	1343^rd	5377	75.0%
2012	70.67	1484^th	5390	72.5%
2013	65.92	1784^th	5530	67.7%
2015	72.68	1393^rd	5611	75.2%
2016	92.94	446^th	5614	92.1%
2017	95.89	261^st	5692	95.4%
2018	94.29	348^th	5662	93.9%
2019	96.38	193^rd	5789	96.7%
2021	92.02	130^th	1417	90.8%
2022	97.70	132^nd	5883	97.8%
2023	97.78	118^th	5874	98.0%
2024	97.17	148^th	5862	97.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.59	52^nd	339	84.7%
2019	80.21	62^nd	445	86.1%
2022	91.75	10^th	610	98.4%
2023	92.90	6^th	669	99.1%
2024	91.91	7^th	669	99.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.00	1234^th	5084	75.7%
2019	74.30	961^st	5173	81.4%
2021	80.62	138^th	1110	87.6%
2022	90.65	323^rd	5264	93.9%
2023	95.14	188^th	5374	96.5%
2024	93.42	301^st	5511	94.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.90	521^st	5413	90.4%
2019	92.33	411^th	5492	92.5%
2021	92.12	120^th	1267	90.5%
2022	97.37	111^th	5635	98.0%
2023	98.02	57^th	5617	99.0%
2024	95.51	249^th	5605	95.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	95.52	218^th	5431	96.0%
2019	97.81	69^th	5510	98.7%
2021	89.57	144^th	1272	88.7%
2022	97.01	149^th	5663	97.4%
2023	96.09	219^th	5650	96.1%
2024	97.39	102^nd	5636	98.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	80.85	113^th	1071	89.4%
2019	86.03	20^th	1149	98.3%
2022	88.57	8^th	1154	99.3%
2023	88.45	12^th	1190	99.0%
2024	87.50	26^th	1203	97.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	52.62	2068^th	4830	57.2%
2019	55.48	1943^rd	4963	60.9%
2022	80.97	701^st	5084	86.2%
2023	83.63	593^rd	5098	88.4%
2024	86.53	491^st	5102	90.4%

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Rank History for White students at Broadway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	84.11	290^th	2737	89.4%
2019	91.67	54^th	2834	98.1%

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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Amazing school! My daughter is in 3rd grade in the Mandarin Immersion program and my second daughter will join next year in K. I can’t say enough how great the Mandarin program is.

Principal Wang is an extremely dedicated Principal, she is very responsive and returns parents emails within hours. She has selected amazing, dedicated teachers who truly love teaching and children, they are hard-working and completely dedicated to dual language education: for example, this year, my daughter’s English teacher has been awarded LAUSD best teacher of the year and is California Teacher of the year finalist. My daughter still talks a lot about her teacher in K who she loves and she is excited her little sister will be in K soon.

The children spend half of the day in English with an English teacher and then half the day in Mandarin with the Mandarin teacher, it is a true immersive education and they learn everything in both languages (science, maths…). We are Caucasian and not Mandarin speakers, my daughter loves Mandarin, she not only speaks (apparently with a very good accent according to native speakers) but she also reads and writes. Writing chinese characters has developed her fine motor skills.

The school is also a true cultural experience and immerse children in a different cultural, for example, around Chinese New Year, the campus is beautifully decorated, cultural activities are organized with the help of parents… Being immersed in a totally different culture make the children more curious, more understanding and appreciative of other cultures and difference, developing empathy as well as developing their imagination, creativity, critical and creative thinking.

The Mandarin Immersion program is absolutely excellent in English as well, as proved by the very high test scores in English that places the school in the top 10 LAUSD schools the hard-working teachers are constantly adapting to all the children making sure they all learn and develop a life-long love for learning. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Broadway Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	14	100	0	397	1	n/a	n/a	0	512
1989	10	95	5	350	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
1990	9	95	3	418	0	n/a	n/a	0	525
1991	6	91	4	484	0	n/a	n/a	0	585
1992	8	92	8	455	0	n/a	n/a	0	563
1993	5	77	0	357	0	n/a	n/a	0	439
1994	5	55	0	374	0	n/a	n/a	0	434
1995	2	33	0	332	1	n/a	n/a	0	368
1996	2	33	0	332	1	n/a	n/a	0	368
1997	2	29	1	310	0	n/a	n/a	0	342
1998	1	48	2	336	1	n/a	n/a	0	388
1999	5	60	14	358	0	n/a	n/a	0	437
2000	13	66	22	335	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
2001	12	66	17	337	0	n/a	n/a	0	432
2002	9	58	15	290	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
2003	9	58	15	290	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
2004	10	49	3	265	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2005	9	47	1	265	1	n/a	n/a	0	323
2006	7	33	1	242	2	n/a	n/a	0	285
2007	15	33	1	264	1	n/a	n/a	0	314
2008	10	43	1	235	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	289
2009	5	39	2	207	2	0	2	0	257
2010	6	40	0	210	2	0	1	0	259
2011	9	40	22	192	13	0	1	0	277
2012	31	38	68	179	13	0	0	0	329
2013	67	52	108	160	2	2	0	0	391
2014	84	54	181	128	6	0	1	0	454
2015	105	44	128	111	1	0	117	0	506
2016	123	48	158	115	2	0	155	0	601
2017	125	50	166	96	2	2	155	0	596
2018	116	34	180	113	2	0	173	0	618
2019	175	47	250	129	4	1	0	0	606
2020	93	33	186	124	1	0	152	0	589
2021	85	32	187	130	1	1	139	0	575
2022	67	27	149	121	0	1	130	0	495
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	511	511
2024	60	19	151	133	2	0	161	0	526

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 Broadway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	512	22.0	23.2	n/a
1989	460	21.0	21.9	n/a
1990	525	22.0	23.8	n/a
1991	585	26.0	22.5	n/a
1992	563	26.4	21.3	94.8
1993	439	19.5	22.5	95
1994	434	17.0	25.5	94.9
1995	368	17.0	21.6	94.8
1996	368	17.0	21.6	94.8
1997	342	19.0	18.0	94.7
1998	388	23.0	16.9	94.8
1999	437	27.5	15.9	95
2000	436	26.3	16.6	93.3
2001	432	27.3	15.8	93.3
2002	372	25.0	14.9	86.6
2003	372	25.0	14.9	86.6
2004	327	20.0	16.4	90.2
2005	323	18.0	17.9	87.6
2006	285	17.0	16.8	86.3
2007	314	16.6	18.9	93.6
2008	289	19.6	14.7	84.1
2009	257	16.0	13.9	86
2010	259	15.0	17.2	85.3
2011	277	n/a	n/a	30.7
2012	329	15.0	21.9	n/a
2013	391	17.5	22.3	23.8
2014	454	20.5	22.1	29.7
2015	506	23.0	22.0	22.1
2016	601	24.0	25.0	20.6
2017	596	29.0	20.5	19
2018	618	26.3	23.4	19.3
2019	606	28.0	21.6	18.8
2020	589	n/a	n/a	20
2021	575	28.0	20.5	17.6
2022	495	28.0	17.6	21
2023	511	24.0	21.2	18.2
2024	526	24.0	21.9	25.9

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 Broadway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	512	22.0	23.2	n/a
1989	460	21.0	21.9	n/a
1990	525	22.0	23.8	n/a
1991	585	26.0	22.5	n/a
1992	563	26.4	21.3	94.8
1993	439	19.5	22.5	95
1994	434	17.0	25.5	94.9
1995	368	17.0	21.6	94.8
1996	368	17.0	21.6	94.8
1997	342	19.0	18.0	94.7
1998	388	23.0	16.9	94.8
1999	437	27.5	15.9	95
2000	436	26.3	16.6	93.3
2001	432	27.3	15.8	93.3
2002	372	25.0	14.9	86.6
2003	372	25.0	14.9	86.6
2004	327	20.0	16.4	90.2
2005	323	18.0	17.9	87.6
2006	285	17.0	16.8	86.3
2007	314	16.6	18.9	93.6
2008	289	19.6	14.7	84.1
2009	257	16.0	13.9	86
2010	259	15.0	17.2	85.3
2011	277	n/a	n/a	30.7
2012	329	15.0	21.9	n/a
2013	391	17.5	22.3	23.8
2014	454	20.5	22.1	29.7
2015	506	23.0	22.0	22.1
2016	601	24.0	25.0	20.6
2017	596	29.0	20.5	19
2018	618	26.3	23.4	19.3
2019	606	28.0	21.6	18.8
2020	589	n/a	n/a	20
2021	575	28.0	20.5	17.6
2022	495	28.0	17.6	21
2023	511	24.0	21.2	18.2
2024	526	24.0	21.9	25.9

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.

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