Downtown Value

Located at 950 West Washington Blvd., in Los Angeles, California, Downtown Value is an intimate K-5 school that caters to 395 students (grades K through 8), operated by Downtown Value District.

Operationally, Downtown Value answers to Downtown Value District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Downtown Value shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Downtown Value has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Downtown Value is one.

The closest other public school is Norwood Street Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Downtown Value operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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