Castelar Elementary School is one of the oldest and continuously operating schools in Los Angeles. Sometimes called “the lighthouse of Chinatown,” the school was founded in 1882 as the Castelar Street School, a four-room schoolhouse with over 300 students. Today, Castelar Elementary serves over 600 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Starting in middle school, select students at Castelar Elementary participate in a dual language program in Mandarin, which forges an even stronger connection between the school and the Chinatown neighborhood. The school offers a blended learning model and online curriculum, which includes instruction in the core subjects of math, science, language arts and social studies.
Castelar also partners with EnrichLA, a school gardening program which teaches children about the life cycles of nature and healthy living. On top of a robust academic curriculum, students enjoy supplemental classes in music, art and physical education.
The school’s mission is guided by a belief in the equal worth and dignity of all students, with a commitment to help each child reach their maximum potential. At Castelar Elementary School, students adopt the skills and values they need to succeed. Hence the school’s motto: “Be safe, be respectful, be responsible.”
Castelar Elementary School
Public Elementary School
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Grade K-5
840 Yale St,
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Unified School District
School Details
Head of School
Wing K Fung
Student Teacher Ratio
21:1
Math Proficiency
51%
Reading Proficiency
53%
Niche Grade
B+
A
Source: Niche
Niche Grade Details
Academics
Reading Proficiency
53%
Math Proficiency
51%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
21:1
Teachers
28
Full Time Teachers
28
Teachers in First or Second Year
9.3%
GreatSchools Rating
7
Source: GreatSchools
GreatSchools Rating Details
Test Scores
Math
26.5%
State Average
17.9%
Science
12.2%
State Average
9.9%
Student Diversity
Male
50%
Female
50%
Asian or Pacific Islander
57.4%
Hispanic
29.7%
Two or more races
6.4%
White
5.2%
Black
1.2%
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Specialty School Programs
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
This School’s Reviews
GreatSchools Reviews
2/17/2025
This school has supportive teachers. All the teachers are nice, caring, and engaging with students. I have two kids who attended the school.Both finished elementary school in dual immersion mandarin and one attended middle school as well. They really liked their teachers who were supportive and prov...
4/5/2024
This school is great, it’s worth to enroll your child in this school. When my children came home they somehow got smarter and higher scores in test compared to my last school. I met the teachers they were pretty nice as well. My girl gets excited every time she goes to school because of PE and Proje...
4/20/2023
My second-grade brother had one side of his false eyelashes cut off while he is in the school. We ask what happened, he said he doesn’t know, because he was sleeping. I'm curious that why nobody stopped it at that time. Where were the teachers? And where did the scissors come from?Next day , The tea...
8/14/2018
We are so happy that we found this school. Our son could not be more happy and we are relieved to find this gem in the maze of LA Schools.
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Map
Attendance Zone
About Chinatown
Average Price per Sq Ft
$143
Homes For Sale
0
Average Home Value
$814,626
Median Lot Size
4,356 Sq Ft
% Renters
93%
Household Income
$71,089
% of College Grads
35.5%
Median Age
40
Average House Size
2,113 Sq Ft
% Commercial Property
94.7%
Homes for Sale
Homes for Rent
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Parks in this Area
Everett Park
- Picnic Area
- Multi-Purpose Field
Ord and Yale Street Park
- Picnic Area
- Playground
- Walking Paths
Buena Vista Hill Elysian Park
- Trails
Los Angeles Plaza Park
- Events
- Amusement Rides
- Multi-Purpose Field
Albion Riverside Park
- Baseball/Softball
- Basketball
- Picnic Area
Los Angeles State Historic Park
- Picnic Area
- Events
- Concessions
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