Colfax Charter Elementary

Located at 4935 Colfax Ave., in Valley Village, California, Colfax Charter Elementary is a large elementary school that instructs 774 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 66% larger than typical.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Colfax Charter Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Colfax Charter Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Hispanic, 21% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Colfax Charter Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Colfax Charter Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.2%; actual is 79.9%, +18.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader 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), Colfax Charter Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Hollywood Senior High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Colfax Charter Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. As a public charter, Colfax Charter Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Colfax Charter Elementary's enrollment has expanded 20% since 2018, when it stood at 645 (now 774). White enrollment moved from 60% to 45% across the same window.

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