Hamlin Charter Academy

Hamlin Charter Academy is a close-knit elementary school in West Hills, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school serves 314 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Hamlin Charter Academy is among them.

On demographics, Hamlin Charter Academy logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% White, 16% multiracial, 11% Black, 9% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hamlin Charter Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Hamlin Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Enadia Way Technology Charter, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hamlin Charter Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamlin Charter Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site. Hamlin Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 319 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 30% to 9% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Hamlin Charter Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.