Chaparral Elementary

Chaparral Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Calabasas, California, operated by Las Virgenes Unified. The school instructs 614 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Chaparral Elementary sits 32% above that benchmark.

Las Virgenes Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,754 students; Chaparral Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Chaparral Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Chaparral Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.8%; this one delivers 67.1%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Chaparral Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Alice C. Stelle Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chaparral Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Chaparral Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 622 (now 614). Class-load math has widened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Chaparral Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.