Encino Charter Elementary

As an average-sized primary school in Encino, California, Encino Charter Elementary teaches 529 students from grades K through 5, operated by Los Angeles Unified.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Encino Charter Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Encino Charter Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% multiracial, 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 41% of students at Encino Charter Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Encino Charter Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 61.6%.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that 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%. Encino Charter Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lanai Road Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Encino Charter Elementary. On composite proficiency, Encino Charter Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, Encino Charter Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Encino Charter Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 529). White enrollment moved from 58% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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