Arlington Heights Elementary

Set in Los Angeles, California, Arlington Heights Elementary is a cozy elementary school, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. It serves 308 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 34% leaner 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; Arlington Heights Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Arlington Heights Elementary records that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arlington Heights Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Arlington Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Global Education Academy 2, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arlington Heights Elementary at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arlington Heights Elementary has ticked down 32%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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