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What do you wish you knew before starting at Erwin Elementary?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002991
Erwin Elementary
13400 Erwin St., Van Nuys, CA 91401 · (818) 988-6292 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
530 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 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
55%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
48.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.1pp since 2014
Math
46.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.1% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 27.9% |
| Math | 27.6% | 19.1% | 26.9% | 26.5% |
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 | 48.1% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 39.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 45.6% | 41.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 37.6% |
| 2016-17 | 35.8% | 34.5% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 17 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 Erwin Elementary
Erwin Elementary's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Elementary this school | 580 | 91.4% | 43.1% |
| Lucerne Valley Elementary Lucerne Valley | 646 | 90.1% | 19.3% |
| Lashon Academy Van Nuys | 595 | 86.2% | N/A |
| Kittridge Street Elementary Van Nuys | 768 | 93.1% | 33.1% |
| Pinon Hills Elementary Pinon Hills | 566 | 84.3% | 16.0% |
| Auburn Elementary Auburn | 501 | 84.4% | 20.1% |
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 Erwin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,225 of 5,151 | #528 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,811 of 5,172 ▲ 449 | #431 of 1,129 ▲ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #2,184 of 5,172 ▲ 731 | #507 of 1,129 ▲ 183 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,060 of 5,116 | #552 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,563 of 5,915 | #305 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,324 of 5,352 | #398 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #2,344 of 5,354 | #362 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #913 of 5,625 | #381 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #1,860 of 3,837 | #585 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
580
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 28 | 22.0:1 | 90% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 94% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 28 | 22.6:1 | 91% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 88% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 87% (607) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | N/A | N/A | 88% (731) |
| 2000-01 | 1,065 | 50 | 21.3:1 | 86% (914) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 31 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erwin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (694 to 580); teachers down 7% (30 to 28).
About Erwin Elementary
Erwin Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Van Nuys, California. Federal data show 580 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 25% larger than average.
Los Angeles Unified includes 784 schools. Together they enroll 406,887 students.
At Erwin Elementary, 59% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 31% White and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Erwin Elementary reports a ratio of 20.7 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Erwin Elementary, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 21 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Erwin Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 76% of California public elementary schools.
Erwin Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.0%. The school's actual rate is 43.1%, 17.1 points higher.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Erwin Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Ulysses S. Grant Senior High, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Erwin Elementary is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Erwin Elementary is City: Large.
From 632 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 580 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 20.7:1, from 22.6:1.
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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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Other Erwin Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Erwin Elementary. Erwin Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Erwin ElementaryErwin, NC · 637 students
- Erwin ElementaryLancaster, SC · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Ulysses S. Grant Senior High0.6 mi · 1,774
- Kittridge Street Elementary0.6 mi · 768
- Jack London Community Day0.7 mi · 23
- Jack London Continuation0.7 mi · 62
- John B. Monlux Elementary0.8 mi · 660
- James Madison Middle1.0 mi · 1,148
Frequently asked questions
About Erwin ElementaryHow many students attend Erwin Elementary?
Erwin Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Erwin Elementary serve?
Erwin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Erwin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Erwin Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Erwin Elementary?
Erwin Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 59% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Erwin Elementary?
Erwin Elementary 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.