Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center

Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center operates as a rural-scale primary school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 86 students spanning grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 82% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP Endeavor College Preparatory Charter, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Garza (Carmen Lomas) Primary Center's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 136 (now 86). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.