Gil Garcetti Learning Academy

Set in Los Angeles, California, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy is a mid-sized elementary school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 519 students across grades K through 6.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 11% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 20.9%; actual is 40.8%, +19.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Gil Garcetti Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gerald A. Lawson Acad of the Arts Math and Sci, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gil Garcetti Learning Academy. On composite proficiency, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Gil Garcetti Learning Academy's enrollment has ticked down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 806 (now 519). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.