Glenwood Elementary

Glenwood Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Sun Valley, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, with 189 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 465.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Glenwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Glenwood Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 8% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Glenwood Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Roscoe Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenwood Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenwood Elementary has shrank 43%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 189 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 91% to 84%. Class-load math has grew: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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