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What's one thing Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002951
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy
9240 Wish Ave., Northridge, CA 91325 · (818) 349-4381 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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
21.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
380 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 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 58% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
61%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.3pp since 2014
Math
58.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.8% | 28.5% | 20.4% | 18.3% |
| Math | 29.3% | 28.9% | 19.7% | 22.2% |
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 | 61.3% | 58.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 54.5% |
| 2022-23 | 55.1% | 54.6% |
| 2021-22 | 61.6% | 55.5% |
| 2018-19 | 55.9% | 49.0% |
| 2017-18 | 50.4% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 49.5% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 21 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 Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy this school | 527 | 72.1% | 58.0% |
| Temecula Elementary Temecula | 522 | 72.6% | 38.6% |
| Eaton Elementary Fresno | 512 | 71.7% | 38.9% |
| Orchard Elementary Modesto | 579 | 70.1% | 35.3% |
| Nichols Elementary Oceanside | 522 | 67.2% | 33.2% |
| Killybrooke Elementary Costa Mesa | 473 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
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 Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,223 of 5,151 | #279 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #1,146 of 5,172 ▲ 120 | #271 of 1,129 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,239 of 5,172 ▲ 106 | #277 of 1,129 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #2,940 of 5,116 | #730 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #2,120 of 5,915 | #423 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,550 of 5,352 | #461 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #1,764 of 5,354 | #265 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #2,833 of 5,625 | #840 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #3,340 of 3,837 | #859 of 947 |
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
527
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 72% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 24 | 21.6:1 | 74% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 22.5 | 22.8:1 | 60% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 55% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 23 | 24.1:1 | 57% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 50% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | N/A | N/A | 42% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 44% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 21 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (554 to 527); teachers up 9% (23 to 25).
About Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy
A medium-sized elementary school in Northridge, California, Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy is part of Los Angeles Unified. The school's 527 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools; together they serve 406,887 students.
At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy combined. Other students are 17% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 4% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.1 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is about the same, 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy would score about 37.3%. It scores 58.0%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The shortest distance from Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle. The five-mile area around Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment at Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy was 530 in 2020-21 and 527 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.1:1.
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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
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- Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle0.2 mi · 870
- Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary0.7 mi · 650
- Valley Charter Elementary0.9 mi · 295
- Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology0.9 mi · 421
- Northridge Academy High1.1 mi · 832
- Andasol Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Dearborn Elementary Charter AcademyHow many students attend Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy?
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy enrolls approximately 527 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy serve?
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy?
At Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 17% White, 58% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy?
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy 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.