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Enrollment
774
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002929
Colfax Charter Elementary
4935 Colfax Ave., Valley Village, CA 91601 · (818) 761-5115 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL774 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
25.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
238 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 161 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (161) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
69%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
Colfax Charter Elementary→Walter Reed 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
80.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
80.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.9% | 22.6% | 13.6% | 5.9% |
| Math | 50.4% | 29.6% | 14.4% | 5.6% |
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 | 80.5% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.7% | 80.5% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 74.1% |
| 2021-22 | 83.4% | 81.0% |
| 2018-19 | 80.5% | 79.3% |
| 2017-18 | 81.5% | 75.6% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 78.0% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Colfax Charter Elementary
Colfax Charter Elementary's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax Charter Elementary this school | 774 | 30.7% | 80.1% |
| Grant K-8 San Diego | 743 | 29.7% | 68.9% |
| Valencia Valley Elementary Valencia | 738 | 33.1% | 70.9% |
| Dixie Canyon Community Charter Sherman Oaks | 635 | 33.2% | 64.8% |
| Sierra Madre Elementary Sierra Madre | 652 | 29.8% | 71.1% |
| Meadows Elementary Valencia | 729 | 35.8% | 76.3% |
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 Colfax Charter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #221 of 5,151 | #51 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #234 of 5,172 ▼ 34 | #51 of 1,129 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #243 of 5,172 ▲ 21 | #59 of 1,129 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #1,248 of 5,116 | #200 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #452 of 5,915 | #79 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,743 of 5,352 | #1,070 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #764 of 5,354 | #126 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #4,728 of 5,625 | #1,128 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.0% | #255 of 1,139 | #49 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
774
+142 (+22%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 774 | 30.1 | 25.7:1 | 31% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 29% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 29 | 24.9:1 | 25% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 27% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 26 | 24.8:1 | 25% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 26 | 26.2:1 | 22% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | N/A | N/A | 29% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 61% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 27 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colfax Charter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (645 to 774); teachers up 16% (26 to 30.1).
About Colfax Charter Elementary
Colfax Charter Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in Valley Village, California. It has an enrollment of 774 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 66% above average.
Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools; together they serve 406,887 students.
Of every 100 students at Colfax Charter Elementary, about 45 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 21% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 31% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Colfax Charter Elementary are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Colfax Charter Elementary totals 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.7:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 31% of students (238) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Colfax Charter Elementary 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 94% of California public elementary schools.
Colfax Charter Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.1%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 61.5%, so the school is 18.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Colfax Charter Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, North Hollywood Senior High is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Colfax Charter Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Colfax Charter Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Colfax Charter Elementary is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 22%, from 632 to 774. The school's ratio increased from 23.4:1 to 25.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Valley Village
- Citizens of the World Charter School East ValleyElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- North Hollywood Senior High0.4 mi · 2,444
- Amelia Earhart Continuation0.5 mi · 69
- Walter Reed Middle0.5 mi · 1,580
- Lankershim Elementary0.8 mi · 326
- Citizens of the World Charter School East Valley0.9 mi · 441
- Burbank Boulevard Elementary0.9 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Colfax Charter ElementaryHow large is Colfax Charter Elementary?
Colfax Charter Elementary enrolls approximately 774 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Colfax Charter Elementary serve?
Colfax Charter Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Colfax Charter Elementary?
Approximately 25.7:1 students per teacher at Colfax Charter Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colfax Charter Elementary?
At Colfax Charter Elementary, the student body is approximately 45% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Colfax Charter Elementary public or private?
Colfax Charter Elementary is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.