Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS)

Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS), a medium-sized primary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, teaches 408 students, covering grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) is among them.

On demographics, Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) records that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) is one.

The closest other public school is Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gratts Learning Academy for Young Scholars (GLAYS) has contracted 25%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 93% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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