Apperson Street Elementary

Apperson Street Elementary, a cozy primary school in Sunland, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, serves 355 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Apperson Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Apperson Street Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 41% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Apperson Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that 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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Apperson Street Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mt. Lukens Continuation, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Apperson Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Apperson Street Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

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