Alta California Elementary

Set in Panorama City, California, Alta California Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. It serves 588 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Alta California Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that serves 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Alta California Elementary records that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Asian, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Alta California Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alta California Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.0%; Alta California Elementary posts 43.7%, +21.7 points above that line.

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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Alta California Elementary is one.

Primary Academy for Success is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alta California Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 731 students in 2018 compared to 588 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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