Ellen Ochoa Learning Center

5027 Live Oak Street

School District

Los Angeles Unified
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on September 18, 2023

My expierience like at this school is alright there is a bunch of fights there is like at least 30 fights in a year.
Submitted by parent on June 22, 2022

muy bien organizados para summer school. Ayudan a los niños.
Submitted by other on January 24, 2020

Ellen Ochoa Learning Center is a terrible school. There is a lot of bullying in this school and it is ignored. There are many fights in school and students threaten and tease others in front of teachers without getting punished. They seem to always defend the bully and never the victim. This schools is not a safe environment for kids to learn at. Do not send your kids to this school.
Submitted by parent on June 08, 2018

Horrible. Transferring my kids to a Medical and Science Magnet school in LA. It’s a pain to drive but my kids education and safety comes first. Classes are smaller and I’ve heard great things about the school. Hopefully my son will finally excel.
Submitted by parent on August 10, 2017

So glad we pulled our kids out of that school.
Submitted by parent on March 08, 2016

Estoy muy feliz con los maestros y directora. Mi hijo esa en primaria y mi hija en secundaria y los dos quieren mucho a sus maestros porque soy muy dedicados a su alumnos y se enfocan en que aprendan.Nunca tiene problemas ni disgustos. Tienen programas despues de escuela que les ayudan con las tareas. Mi hijo le
Submitted by parent on March 03, 2016

I enroll my 3 kids at that school since Pre-K because they have a great bilingual program. Now two in elementary an one in middle school. Ms. Bommarito the principal listens to parents. The teachers are great and care for my kids. My son will be graduating in June and been at Ellen since he was 4. It is a great school for my family.
Submitted by parent on February 24, 2016

Si tiene una calificación de 2 en una escala del 1 al 10, de ninguna manera puede ser una buena escuela independientemente de los comentarios que aquí se hagan. No se preocupan por la seguridad de los niños ya que todos los días llega un bus a dejar y recoger niños y como no hay parking los bajan en doble fila poniendo en riesgo a los niños, y hasta el día de hoy nadie ha hecho nada a pesar de que ya se les a señalado este problema en reiteradas ocasiones. En lo académico, !!!!!!PESIMOS!!!!!!!
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2015

My son is a 3rd grader at this school and all I can really say is that I'm genuinely disappointed. His current teacher wants absolutely no struggle and is looking for little puppets. I had a parent conference and she called my son extremely nosy, and as the conference progressed she then said "You should start considering the idea of holding your son back for 3rd grade, seems like he's going to struggle in 4th" She keeps coming off as very ignorant, and doesn't know how to push and motivate her students. I'm seriously considering changing my children schools.
Submitted by parent on December 19, 2014

Ellen ochoa school is not organized with their award ceremonies.Ceremony was to start at 8:45 it did not start till 9:30 as a working parent this is unacceptable!! Then when you ask questions the employees treat you as if you're stupid and they turn and look at each other and laugh. That's unprofessional! I question why do they provide false info and the staff's response was that it wasn't the schools fail that people were ignorant!! Maybe this school should start by educating their own staff before they teach our kids!
Submitted by parent on October 05, 2014

Horrible school. The p.e teachers treat kids as if this was some military establishment. Some teachers don't care about the students and complain about their job all day, treat kids disrespectfully, yell for no reason, etc. My child fell and hit his arm one time, causing a fracture, and he had to walk all the way to the elementary side for the nurse just to find out she wasn't there. He walked back to the middle school office and the lady there told him it was nothing and to go back to class. When I picked him up from school, he was almost in tears from the unbearable pain and we went to the doctor and found out he had fractured his wrist. Ms. Avila is a horrible dean and has no buisness being in a school if she just yells at kids.
Submitted by parent on August 17, 2014

This school is not a great school, yes there are very good teacher here but the rest are just not there. There is a lot neglectance from school staff, the students are not being supervised , kids are smoking and having fights. Staff should be on alert & tell P.E teachers to stop being so harsh on student and to stop talking them down as if it was a military . Overral not a great school: bad staff, poor supervision , abusive teacher . There's only a few good teachers in this school.
Submitted by other on April 12, 2014

It is a great school with a lot of great teachers who do whatever they can to educate you. The teachers kind and they will help you whenever you need help. The staffs are just the same , we have some really cool staffs that will care for you just as much and do whatever they can to help you and send you on the right track. The students there are not bad either, most of them are pretty nice. The campus is pretty clean as well. The extra-curricular activities are great and the coaches are nice. The school is split up into three parts: the middle school side, the elementary side, and the kindergarten side. The food could improve though, and they need cameras because of the tagging, but that hasn't happened in over two months.
Submitted by parent on December 03, 2012

Not a good school.. All good comments have to come from staff .. When my son attended this wz on the 2005 once he got to jr side wz on 2010 into my surprise I have to admit its where they have the worst staff.. My son wz being held on a choking position by principal edicating my son how to wear his unif collar once I confront them they acted like it wz not true a female P.E. teacher throwing the ball at my sons face while my son wz playing something else as told once confronted talking about my son not fallowing rules trying to cover up they mistakes .. I got home n checked reviews intoy surprise one parent wz expressing the same thing my son would come home n tell me.. Now my son is at a new school A studient n lots of good referrals all of this is working to take all of this n good matters.. It's sad how all other parents have to except all of this just bc they don't have another choice.. They don't wana b responsible for nothing outside the school n don't wana pay a cross person for safety of kid the city had to move in n put on them selfs it says how much they really care about our kids.. N easy words they force parents to fill out the papper to let them know what u think of em
Submitted by parent on April 24, 2012

Ellen Ochoa is a very small school compared to others in our community. There are less than one thousand middle school students. In harsh economic times, this school is doing the best it can to continue providing the services students need for K-8 students. There are many National Board Certified teachers at this school and the 6th-8th grade math program is challenging for the students. They are already using the newly adopted California Common Core Standards and the math teachers have high expectations for their students. Half of the 8th graders can earn ten high school credits when they score proficient on their state test after passing algebra. Teachers teach in depth, not to the test. Parents are welcome to come and sit in their child's classroom and to talk to teachers before the reporting period. More parents need to get involved in their children's education. A student is more successful when the parents are involved regardless of the school. I like Ellen Ochoa's math program.
Submitted by parent on November 13, 2011

sometimes we have no control over our surroundings. The school may not be the greatest but I can say they are trying. People may not take into consideration the students home and blame the teachers. The teachers are trying their best to meet the needs of each student but when the student sees that their own parents don't care they too don't care. Parents seem to begin to care more after their child has been getting into trouble more often, or maybe not that they begin to care, but may be fed up with getting calls because of their child behavior. Teachers are there to teach our kids but when our kids bring all that extra baggage to deal with it may make it hard for them to learn. I know the teachers are trying with what we are sending. We need to give the teachers more credit and accept what we have. We need to work together not against and our our child's education does start at the home. And sometimes maybe sometimes hug your child and tell them you care. Because then maybe they will care too.
Submitted by parent on November 03, 2011

its a very bad school am calling the distric to investigate.school staff are real bad and some teachers are worse
Submitted by parent on June 25, 2011

I have mixed reviewes about this school some are good and some are bad. I love this school for the some of the teachers and the nursing staff. But it does not make up for all the neglence of this school. My children attend this school and when I first placed them into this school I thought it would be the best for them I have heard many great reviewes on this school. But it was not all its cracked up to be. This school is even worse then Elizabeth. There is a lack of school ground supervision and a few of the teachers dont care on what happens to your children. I have heard from several child that there P.E teacher talks down to them he has even hurt several children including mines by not properly streatching them out before a workout.. My son has had numerous surgeries due to his neglence. And just recently a student was jumped infront of the school right after the day ends and there was no supervision around.. All I can say is that I am happy that my children will not be returning to this school..