Fair Avenue Elementary

Fair Avenue Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in North Hollywood, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school works with 516 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Fair Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fair Avenue Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder is composed of 3% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fair Avenue Elementary lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fair Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fair Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Horizons Charter Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fair Avenue Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Fair Avenue Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fair Avenue Elementary has contracted 34%, going from 784 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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