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Which teacher or staff member at Calabash Charter Academy deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002884
Calabash Charter Academy
23055 Eugene St., Woodland Hills, CA 91364 · (818) 224-4430 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
133 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 61% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Calabash Charter Academy→George Ellery Hale Charter Academy
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
74.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.4% | 27.6% | 16.3% | 10.7% |
| Math | 40.3% | 33.7% | 17.9% | 8.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 72.8% |
| 2021-22 | 73.7% | 66.1% |
| 2020-21 | 64.7% | 54.9% |
| 2018-19 | 72.9% | 67.0% |
| 2017-18 | 74.9% | 69.2% |
| 2016-17 | 67.8% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Calabash Charter Academy
Calabash Charter Academy's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calabash Charter Academy this school | 409 | 32.5% | 72.4% |
| Patwin Elementary Davis | 379 | 36.4% | 62.4% |
| Lupin Hill Elementary Calabasas | 464 | 34.9% | 68.8% |
| San Ramon Elementary Novato | 456 | 30.5% | 64.0% |
| Kinetic Academy Huntington Beach | 361 | 33.8% | N/A |
| Philip J. Reilly Elementary Mission Viejo | 421 | 27.3% | 81.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Calabash Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #540 of 5,151 | #120 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #455 of 5,172 ▲ 23 | #99 of 1,129 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #598 of 5,172 ▲ 102 | #132 of 1,129 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,095 of 5,116 | #561 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,575 of 5,915 | #760 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,802 of 5,352 | #878 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #1,328 of 5,354 | #202 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #4,660 of 5,625 | #1,115 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #3,387 of 3,837 | #868 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
409
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 24.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 409 | 17 | 24.1:1 | 33% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 17 | 24.7:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 17 | 24.4:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 17 | 24.9:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 16.5 | 25.9:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | N/A | N/A | 15% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 17% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 10 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calabash Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (428 to 409); teachers up 3% (16.5 to 17).
About Calabash Charter Academy
Calabash Charter Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Woodland Hills, California, that operates as a charter school. The school serves 409 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Los Angeles Unified oversees Calabash Charter Academy and 783 other schools, with 406,887 students in total.
At Calabash Charter Academy, White students make up 53% of the student body. The next largest groups are 20% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. The school's White share is 22 points above the 31% share among Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Calabash Charter Academy total 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.1:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 33%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Calabash Charter Academy receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Calabash Charter Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.4% is 12.0 points above the 60.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
El Camino Real Charter High is located about 1.1 miles from Calabash Charter Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 72.4% is above the 61.6% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Calabash Charter Academy is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school enrolled 409 students in 2024-25, 14 fewer than the 423 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- Chaparral Elementary1.3 mi · 614
- Calabasas High1.3 mi · 1,707
- Alice C. Stelle Middle1.4 mi · 760
Frequently asked questions
About Calabash Charter AcademyHow many students attend Calabash Charter Academy?
Calabash Charter Academy enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is Calabash Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calabash Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calabash Charter Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calabash Charter Academy is approximately 24.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calabash Charter Academy?
At Calabash Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 53% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Calabash Charter Academy public or private?
Calabash Charter Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.