Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet

Set in Los Angeles, California, Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet is a compact primary school, operated by Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 327 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet is among them.

In terms of who attends, Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet logs that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% White, 23% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.5%; actual is 53.9%, +15.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Hancock Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet has fell 11%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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