Horace Mann Elementary

Horace Mann Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Glendale, California, one of the schools within Glendale Unified. The school enrolls 672 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Glendale Unified, which oversees 32 schools and 25,294 students, Horace Mann Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Horace Mann Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 8% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Horace Mann Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Horace Mann Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 73.0%, a residual of +30.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 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 Horace Mann Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Theodore Roosevelt Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Horace Mann Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Horace Mann Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 656 (now 672). The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 42% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Horace Mann Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.