Cahuenga Elementary

Cahuenga Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, with 355 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cahuenga Elementary sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Cahuenga Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% 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 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cahuenga Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Cahuenga Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.8%; Cahuenga Elementary posts 46.7%, +18.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Cahuenga Elementary is one.

Charles H. Kim Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cahuenga Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cahuenga Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Cahuenga Elementary's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 355). The Asian share of enrollment fell from 42% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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