Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012692
Carlos Santana Arts Academy
9301 Columbus Ave., North Hills, CA 91343 · (818) 920-4060 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
338 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 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
24%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
Carlos Santana Arts Academy→Francisco Sepulveda 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
32.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.8pp since 2014
Math
31.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.8% | 18.0% | 25.1% | 42.1% |
| Math | 9.7% | 21.5% | 27.2% | 41.5% |
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 | 32.8% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 20.1% | 18.2% |
| 2018-19 | 16.0% | 12.5% |
| 2017-18 | 16.9% | 11.0% |
| 2016-17 | 17.3% | 15.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Carlos Santana Arts Academy
Carlos Santana Arts Academy's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Santana Arts Academy this school | 371 | 91.1% | 32.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Paramount | 356 | 92.7% | 38.6% |
| Lida M. Henry Elementary Rialto | 391 | 89.3% | 27.0% |
| Ina Arbuckle Elementary Jurupa Valley | 407 | 89.2% | 13.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hanford | 392 | 94.6% | 26.8% |
| North Tamarind Elementary Fontana | 373 | 88.2% | 17.2% |
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 Carlos Santana Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,239 of 5,151 | #811 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,098 of 5,172 ▼ 48 | #812 of 1,129 ▼ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,697 of 5,172 ▼ 427 | #908 of 1,129 ▼ 120 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.9pp | #316 of 5,116 | #125 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #4,039 of 5,915 | #869 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #735 of 5,352 | #222 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #4,238 of 5,354 | #805 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #957 of 5,625 | #400 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,177 of 3,837 | #429 of 947 |
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
371
-56 (-13%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 371 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 91% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 87% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 18 | 21.6:1 | 95% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 96% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 97% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 20 | 25.4:1 | 94% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | N/A | N/A | 87% (466) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlos Santana Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (477 to 371); teachers down 14% (22 to 19).
About Carlos Santana Arts Academy
A low-enrollment elementary school in North Hills, California, Carlos Santana Arts Academy is part of Los Angeles Unified. The school had 371 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 20% smaller than that.
Los Angeles Unified is the local district for Carlos Santana Arts Academy. It runs 784 schools with 406,887 students.
Most students at Carlos Santana Arts Academy are Hispanic: 87% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 6% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Carlos Santana Arts Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Staffing totals 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Carlos Santana Arts Academy is 91%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Carlos Santana Arts Academy receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.2% for Carlos Santana Arts Academy. The school posts 32.4%, 6.2 points above the prediction.
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.
Francisco Sepulveda Middle is located about 0.2 miles from Carlos Santana Arts Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Carlos Santana Arts Academy is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Carlos Santana Arts Academy as City: Large.
Carlos Santana Arts Academy saw enrollment fall 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Carlos Santana Arts Academy. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Carlos Santana Arts AcademyHow many students attend Carlos Santana Arts Academy?
Carlos Santana Arts Academy enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carlos Santana Arts Academy serve?
Carlos Santana Arts Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Carlos Santana Arts Academy?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Carlos Santana Arts Academy.
What is the student diversity at Carlos Santana Arts Academy?
Student demographics at Carlos Santana Arts Academy are roughly 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Carlos Santana Arts Academy public or private?
Carlos Santana Arts Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.