Charles Helmers Elementary

Charles Helmers Elementary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Valencia, California, run under Saugus Union, caters to 524 students, covering grades K through 6.

Saugus Union runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 9,359 students. Charles Helmers Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles Helmers Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 11% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Charles Helmers Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Charles Helmers Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Opportunities for Learning - William S. Hart, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles Helmers Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles Helmers Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 64.5%.

Charles Helmers Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Charles Helmers Elementary's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 524). Over the same period, the White share declined from 62% to 41%.

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