Chapman Elementary

Chapman Elementary is an average-sized elementary school in Gardena, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school caters to 406 students in grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Chapman Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Chapman Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 18% Asian, 17% Black, 12% multiracial. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Chapman Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chapman Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.9%; actual is 61.5%, +19.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Chapman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chapman Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.5%.

Chapman Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Chapman Elementary's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 406). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 66% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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