Hermosa View Elementary

Hermosa View Elementary, an intimate elementary school in Hermosa Beach, California, one of the schools within Hermosa Beach City Elementary, caters to 394 students, covering grades K through 1.

Hermosa Beach City Elementary comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,413 students; Hermosa View Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hermosa View Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hermosa View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Hermosa View Elementary is one.

Mira Costa High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Hermosa View Elementary's enrollment has contracted 31% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 394). White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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