Camellia Avenue Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in North Hollywood, California, Camellia Avenue Elementary instructs 433 students from grades K through 5, part of Los Angeles Unified.

Camellia Avenue Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that instructs 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Camellia Avenue Elementary records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Camellia Avenue Elementary logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Camellia Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.8%; this one delivers 25.5%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Camellia Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ISANA Cardinal Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camellia Avenue Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.3%.

Camellia Avenue Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Camellia Avenue Elementary's enrollment has contracted 28% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 433). Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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