Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002894
Canyon Charter Elementary
421 Entrada Dr., Santa Monica, CA 90402 · (310) 454-7510 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
23.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
61 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
62%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
Canyon Charter Elementary→Paul Revere Charter Middle
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
83.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.7pp since 2014
Math
86.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.4% | 22.9% | 11.8% | 4.9% |
| Math | 59.7% | 27.1% | 9.7% | 3.5% |
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 | 83.3% | 86.8% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 80.2% |
| 2022-23 | 86.7% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 91.7% | 80.6% |
| 2018-19 | 94.1% | 90.7% |
| 2017-18 | 94.8% | 95.3% |
| 2016-17 | 91.7% | 91.1% |
| 2015-16 | 92.0% | 89.0% |
| 2014-15 | 93.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
83.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Canyon Charter Elementary
Canyon Charter Elementary's state test result (83.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Charter Elementary this school | 391 | 15.6% | 83.6% |
| Palisades Charter Elementary Pacific Palisades | 408 | 16.9% | 82.2% |
| Ivanhoe Elementary Los Angeles | 426 | 17.8% | 76.7% |
| Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter Los Angeles | 453 | 13.2% | 81.8% |
| Marquez Charter Pacific Palisades | 314 | 16.6% | 78.1% |
| Templeton Elementary Templeton | 422 | 19.4% | N/A |
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 Canyon Charter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #111 of 5,151 | #26 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #58 of 5,172 ▲ 157 | #13 of 1,129 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #154 of 5,172 ▼ 56 | #37 of 1,129 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,489 of 5,116 | #249 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,798 of 5,915 | #814 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,994 of 5,352 | #739 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #1,585 of 5,354 | #240 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #5,289 of 5,625 | #1,233 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #1,076 of 1,139 | #165 of 181 |
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
391
0 (0%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 17.5 | 22.4:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 4% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 10% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 11 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Charter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (388 to 391); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Canyon Charter Elementary
Canyon Charter Elementary, located in Santa Monica, California, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It educates 391 students in kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students in 784 schools, and Canyon Charter Elementary is one of those schools.
Canyon Charter Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Other students are 41% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 31% White. Canyon Charter Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1 at Canyon Charter Elementary, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 16%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Canyon Charter Elementary 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.
On BeatsExpectations, Canyon Charter Elementary is 13.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Nearest public school: Roosevelt Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Canyon Charter Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 391, starting from 391.
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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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Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary0.7 mi · 552
- Palisades Charter Elementary1.3 mi · 408
- Lincoln Middle1.3 mi · 914
- Palisades Charter High1.6 mi · 2,920
- Franklin Elementary1.6 mi · 597
- Paul Revere Charter Middle2.0 mi · 1,715
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Charter ElementaryHow large is Canyon Charter Elementary?
Canyon Charter Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-05.
Is Canyon Charter Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canyon Charter Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Canyon Charter Elementary have?
Canyon Charter Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Canyon Charter Elementary?
Student demographics at Canyon Charter Elementary are roughly 45% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 41% Two or more.
Who oversees Canyon Charter Elementary?
Canyon Charter Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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