Columbus Elementary

Columbus Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Glendale, California, one of the schools within Glendale Unified. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 32 schools in Glendale Unified (25,294 students total), Columbus Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbus Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Columbus Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Columbus Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Columbus Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Daily (Allan F.) High (Continuation), roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Columbus Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Elementary has ticked down 15%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 19% to 7% over that span.

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