Academy for Enriched Sciences

Academy for Enriched Sciences is one of the cozy elementary schools in Encino, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, with 291 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Academy for Enriched Sciences is among them.

In terms of who attends, Academy for Enriched Sciences records that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 16% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Academy for Enriched Sciences tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Academy for Enriched Sciences is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Emelita Street Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy for Enriched Sciences ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 324 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 35% to 30%.

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