Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary

Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Manhattan Beach, California, run under Manhattan Beach Unified, with 469 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Manhattan Beach Unified runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,887 students. Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 5% of students at Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.6%, the actual is 83.8%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Mira Costa High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 78.6%.

Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 469). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.