Ararat Charter

Ararat Charter is a tight-knit elementary school in Van Nuys, California, part of Ararat Charter District. The school caters to 333 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% leaner than typical.

Ararat Charter is a school of Ararat Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Ararat Charter logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ararat Charter records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 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 Ararat Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Van Nuys Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ararat Charter.

Ararat Charter operates from an urban location. Ararat Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.