Glenoaks Elementary

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Glendale, California, Glenoaks Elementary serves 486 students from grades K through 6, operated by Glendale Unified.

Glenoaks Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Glendale Unified, a district that enrolls 25,294 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Glenoaks Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Glenoaks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Glenoaks Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Glendale High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenoaks Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenoaks Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenoaks Elementary has edged down 9%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 65% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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