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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002915
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet
22005 Devonshire St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 · (818) 341-1371 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
266 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet→Ernest Lawrence Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.4pp since 2014
Math
54.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.6% | 23.8% | 22.8% | 18.8% |
| Math | 23.9% | 30.9% | 25.9% | 19.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 54.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 54.5% |
| 2022-23 | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| 2021-22 | 54.9% | 51.9% |
| 2018-19 | 60.1% | 45.1% |
| 2017-18 | 50.5% | 32.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.3% | 30.7% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet this school | 422 | 63.0% | 56.2% |
| Wanda Hirsch Elementary Tracy | 359 | 64.6% | 33.0% |
| El Monte Elementary Concord | 418 | 64.6% | 31.6% |
| Superior Street Elementary Chatsworth | 470 | 62.3% | 63.0% |
| Donaldson Way Elementary American Canyon | 528 | 65.5% | 43.9% |
| Tustin Ranch Elementary Tustin | 520 | 61.3% | 54.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,334 of 5,151 | #305 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,326 of 5,172 ▼ 64 | #305 of 1,129 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,441 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #327 of 1,129 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,213 of 5,116 | #581 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,395 of 5,915 | #704 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,347 of 5,352 | #639 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #686 of 5,354 | #111 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #3,328 of 5,625 | #916 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #696 of 1,139 | #114 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 422 | 19 | 22.2:1 | 63% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 60% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | 55% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 63% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 17 | 23.4:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 63% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 44% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | 19% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 21 | 29.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (397 to 422); teachers up 12% (17 to 19).
About Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet is a public elementary school run by Los Angeles Unified in Chatsworth, California. It has an enrollment of 422 students in kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified runs Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet along with 783 other schools, enrolling 406,887 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet, about 47 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 20% Asian, 18% White, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put Los Angeles County at about 48% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.2:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%.
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet is 13.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.2% actual, 42.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Census data for Los Angeles County show median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Ernest Lawrence Middle sits about 0.9 miles from Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 446 to 422. By 2024-25, the school had 22.2 students per teacher, compared with 24.8 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Chatsworth
- Chatsworth Charter HighHigh · 1,743 students
- Ernest Lawrence MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- Germain Academy For Academic AchievementElementary · 564 students
- Superior Street ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Our Community CharterElementary · 434 students
- Stoney Point ContinuationHigh · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Ernest Lawrence Middle0.9 mi · 1,076
- Stoney Point Continuation1.1 mi · 105
- Germain Academy For Academic Achievement1.3 mi · 564
- Chatsworth Charter High1.3 mi · 1,743
- William Tell Aggeler Opportunity High1.4 mi · 61
- Aggeler Community Day1.4 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development MagnetHow many students attend Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet?
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet have?
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet?
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet reports a student body of 18% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Black, 20% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet?
Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Comm Development Magnet is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.