Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies

Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies, a compact K-5 school in West Hills, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, serves 381 students, covering grades K through 5.

Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that serves 406,887 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Lockhurst Drive Charter Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies has declined 9%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 19% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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