Carlos Santana Arts Academy

Carlos Santana Arts Academy, a compact K-5 school in North Hills, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, educates 371 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 20% smaller than typical.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Carlos Santana Arts Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Carlos Santana Arts Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 6% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 91% 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carlos Santana Arts Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Carlos Santana Arts Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Francisco Sepulveda Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carlos Santana Arts Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carlos Santana Arts Academy at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Carlos Santana Arts Academy's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 371). Hispanic enrollment moved from 82% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Carlos Santana Arts Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.