# Betty Plasencia Elementary

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `062271002939`
- **School name**: Betty Plasencia Elementary
- **Location**: Los Angeles, CA 90026
- **Address**: 1321 Cortez St.
- **District**: Los Angeles Unified (LEAID `0622710`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–5
- **Coordinates**: 34.06629, -118.25589
- **Phone**: (213)250-7450
- **Website**: http://bettyplasenciaes.lausd.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 411
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 20
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 20.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 95.1%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Orange
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 43.5% proficient — 189 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 24.4% (107 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 13.7% (72 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.5% (2 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 93.5%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 17.6% — 73 students
- **English Learners**: 33.8% — 140 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Intellectual Disability**: 22 students
- **Autism**: 13 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 9 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 9 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 3 students
- **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $30,428
- **Federal share**: $6,125
- **State + local share**: $24,303
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 414
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $28,701,983
- **Federal share**: 19.2%
- **State share**: 54.5%
- **Local share**: 26.3%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $11,126,340

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $68,105
- **Poverty rate**: 30.7%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 34.0%
- **Unemployment**: 5.3%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,415
- **Foreign-born residents**: 40.9%
- **Single-parent households**: 20.6%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.2 miles (SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AREA 4)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 136
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.17 miles (1352 COURT ST)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: LOS ANGELES-CITY, DEPT. OF WATER & POWER
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 4
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2018-01-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.1636 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.7 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Downtown Business High** — 0.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 24.4%)
- **Edward R. Roybal Learning Center** — 0.3 mi away, 0.96% (this school: 24.4%)
- **Alliance Ted K. Tajima High** — 0.4 mi away, 0% (this school: 24.4%)
- **Harris Newmark Continuation** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 24.4%)
- **Belmont Senior High** — 0.5 mi away, 10.86% (this school: 24.4%)

### ela proficiency
- **Downtown Business High** — 0.3 mi away, 76.05% (this school: 40.75%)
- **Alliance Ted K. Tajima High** — 0.4 mi away, 66.85% (this school: 40.75%)
- **School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex** — 0.7 mi away, 53.95% (this school: 40.75%)
- **Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts** — 0.8 mi away, 68.85% (this school: 40.75%)
- **Ednovate - Brio College Prep** — 0.9 mi away, 42% (this school: 40.75%)

### math proficiency
- **Downtown Business High** — 0.3 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Alliance Ted K. Tajima High** — 0.4 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts** — 0.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Lake Street Primary** — 0.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Castelar Street Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/betty-plasencia-elementary-los-angeles/workforce

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