Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter

Set in Encino, California, Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. It instructs 494 students across grades K through 8.

Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 73.2%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter is one.

Ivy Bound Acad of Math Sci and Tech Charter Mid is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter has fell 11%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 64%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.