Canterbury Avenue Elementary

Canterbury Avenue Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Arleta, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, works with 578 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Canterbury Avenue Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Canterbury Avenue Elementary logs that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Canterbury Avenue Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 28.6%; actual is 47.4%, +18.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Canterbury Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Valor Academy Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Canterbury Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.0%.

Canterbury Avenue Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Canterbury Avenue Elementary's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 887 (now 578). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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