Los Angeles Teacher Ratings

Commonwealth Avenue Elementary

215 South Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, 90004

A most effective school, according to The Times “value-added” analysis.

Each school’s rating was based on the performance of all students who took the California Standards Tests in math and English between 2003-04 to 2009-10. Value-added measures the difference between the expected progress of the student body and its actual performance. It is designed to estimate what the school contributes to students’ learning. By contrast, the state’s Academic Performance Index measures students’ achievement level, which is tied closely to students’ socio-economic background.

Overall effectiveness

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Math effectiveness

English effectiveness

API: 842/1000

Learn more about test scores and demographics at Commonwealth Avenue Elementary using the The Times’ California Schools Guide ».

Faculty

This faculty list includes nearly all third-through fifth-grade classroom instructors who have taught at the school at some point during the 2004-05 to 2009-10 school years. Some teachers have retired or left the school.

School years / Grade taught

Teacher	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Bun, Sovannara	4th	4th
Caise, Ursula	3rd			3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Casino, Gregory	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th
Chen, Wendy				5th	5th
Cho, Won	5th	5th	4th	5th	4th
Choung, Susan						5th	5th
Diaz, Christine		4th	4th
Dorantes, Fatima	4th
Duggan, James		3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Gonzalez, Elaine	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Hassinger, Karla		5th
Herman, Douglas						5th
Hernandez, Oscar				3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Kim, Janny				4th	4th	4th	4th
Kim, Sunhee	3rd					4th
Lai, Alice		4th	4th	4th	4th
Lee, Jeny	4th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	4th
Liu, Lena					3rd	3rd
Manzanal, Joseph					5th	5th
Mathias, Marc						4th	4th
Matiga, Antoinette	5th
Mejia, Maria			3rd
Morales, Nadia				4th	4th	4th
Perez, Aristeo	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th
Rankin, Jacqueline					3rd	3rd	3rd
Riehmann, Mary					3rd	3rd	3rd
Schirding, Natalie		5th	5th
Segal, Shauna						5th
Shin, Jane			5th	5th	5th	5th
Shirley, Britta	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th
Spier, Edgar	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Thacker, Anne	3rd
Totino, Jeannie						3rd
Tran, Linda	5th	4th
Vennewitz, Jennifer	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Yoo, Chris		3rd	3rd				4th
Yoo, Ester	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th
Yoo, Moses		4th			5th