Cantara Street Elementary

Cantara Street Elementary, a close-knit elementary campus in Reseda, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, enrolls 357 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Cantara Street Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cantara Street Elementary logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Asian, 5% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cantara Street Elementary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cantara Street Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.2%; this one delivers 41.8%, a residual of +17.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Cantara Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Northridge Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cantara Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cantara Street Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 10% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.