Columbus Avenue Elementary

Located at 6700 Columbus Ave., in Van Nuys, California, Columbus Avenue Elementary is a small K-5 school that educates 382 students (grades K through 5), part of Los Angeles Unified.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Columbus Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Columbus Avenue Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest reads as 5% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Columbus Avenue Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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 above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbus Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Columbus Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Van Nuys Senior High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Columbus Avenue Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Avenue Elementary has decreased 26%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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