Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary

Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Northridge, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, educateing 650 students in grades 1 through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 28% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mayall Street Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary has contracted 13%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 650 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 36% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 28.7:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.