Bellingham Elementary

Located at 6728 Bellingham Ave., in North Hollywood, California, Bellingham Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school that works with 390 students (grades K through 5), part of Los Angeles Unified.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Bellingham Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bellingham Elementary records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Bellingham Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Bellingham 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bellingham Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.6%; actual is 38.0%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Bellingham Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ISANA Palmati Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellingham Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bellingham Elementary has ticked down 32%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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