Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle

As an expansive 6-8 campus in Tarzana, California, Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle teaches 1,461 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Los Angeles Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 122% bigger than typical.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle is one campus in the mix.

Virtual Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 1,847 students in 2018 compared to 1,461 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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