Granada Elementary

Granada Elementary is one of the small elementary schools in Granada Hills, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, with 370 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Granada Elementary sits 20% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Granada Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 14% White, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Granada Elementary reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Granada Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Granada Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Patrick Henry Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Granada Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

Granada Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Granada Elementary has contracted 13%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 67% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Granada Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.