Chase Street Elementary

Set in Panorama City, California, Chase Street Elementary is an average-sized primary school, part of Los Angeles Unified. It educates 436 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Chase Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Chase Street Elementary lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 9% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Chase Street Elementary reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Chase Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 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 Chase Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Valor Academy Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chase Street Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Chase Street Elementary's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 436). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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