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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 060002503573
Grand View Elementary
455 24th St., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 · (310) 546-8022 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
11 students
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 140 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Manhattan Beach Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
81.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.8% | 29.4% | 11.7% | 4.0% |
| Math | 51.4% | 30.4% | 12.2% | 6.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.3% | 81.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 86.4% |
| 2022-23 | 87.8% | 85.5% |
| 2021-22 | 86.4% | 79.1% |
| 2018-19 | 83.3% | 81.8% |
| 2017-18 | 82.3% | 79.4% |
| 2016-17 | 84.7% | 77.8% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 77.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 77.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grand View Elementary
Grand View Elementary's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Elementary this school | 550 | 2.0% | 84.0% |
| Pacific Elementary Manhattan Beach | 510 | 4.3% | 86.3% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Danville | 544 | 4.4% | 74.5% |
| Painted Rock Elementary Poway | 613 | 7.5% | 71.4% |
| Montair Elementary Danville | 484 | 6.6% | 63.7% |
| Green Valley Elementary Danville | 484 | 3.1% | 73.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grand View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #98 of 5,151 | #22 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #174 of 5,172 ▼ 97 | #36 of 1,129 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #128 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #31 of 1,129 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,233 of 5,116 | #787 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #1,860 of 5,915 | #368 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,414 of 5,352 | #997 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #2,520 of 5,354 | #396 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.0% | #5,621 of 5,625 | #1,276 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #1,122 of 3,837 | #411 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
550
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 22.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 550 | 22 | 25.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 28 | 25.4:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | N/A | N/A | 0% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (711 to 550); teachers down 21% (28 to 22).
About Grand View Elementary
Grand View Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Manhattan Beach. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 550 students.
Besides Grand View Elementary, Manhattan Beach Unified runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 5,887 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Grand View Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. Grand View Elementary's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 22 full-time positions, a ratio of 25.0:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 2%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
allk12 grades Grand View Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Grand View Elementary is 5.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The closest public school, Pacific Elementary, is about 0.7 miles from Grand View Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Grand View Elementary places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Grand View Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Grand View Elementary climbed 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 530 to 550 students. The ratio was 22.1:1 in 2020-21 and 25.0:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manhattan Beach Unified
- Mira Costa HighHigh · 2,473 students
- Manhattan Beach MiddleMiddle · 1,175 students
- Pacific ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- Aurelia Pennekamp ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Meadows Avenue ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Opal Robinson ElementaryElementary · 303 students
Other schools in Manhattan Beach
- Mira Costa HighHigh · 2,473 students
- Manhattan Beach MiddleMiddle · 1,175 students
- Pacific ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- Aurelia Pennekamp ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Meadows Avenue ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Opal Robinson ElementaryElementary · 303 students
Other Grand View Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Grand View Elementary. Grand View Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Grand View ElementaryDinuba, CA · 356 students
- Grand View ElementaryFREDERICK, CO · 446 students
- GRAND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND VIEW, ID · 96 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific Elementary0.7 mi · 510
- Opal Robinson Elementary1.2 mi · 303
- Meadows Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 407
- Hermosa Vista1.6 mi · 430
- Manhattan Beach Middle1.7 mi · 1,175
- Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary1.7 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Grand View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grand View Elementary?
Grand View Elementary enrolls approximately 550 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Grand View Elementary serve?
Grand View Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grand View Elementary have?
Grand View Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Grand View Elementary?
Student demographics at Grand View Elementary are roughly 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Grand View Elementary public or private?
Grand View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manhattan Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.