Hollyglen Elementary

Hollyglen Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus in Hawthorne, California, part of Wiseburn Unified. The school instructs 518 students in grades K through 2.

Wiseburn Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,536 students. Hollyglen Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hollyglen Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Asian. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Hollyglen Elementary qualify 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.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 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 Hollyglen Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wiseburn Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hollyglen Elementary.

Hollyglen Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 20% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.