John B. Monlux Elementary

John B. Monlux Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in North Hollywood, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 660 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so John B. Monlux Elementary sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; John B. Monlux Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, John B. Monlux Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% 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 north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John B. Monlux Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.2%; John B. Monlux Elementary posts 52.0%, +24.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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 John B. Monlux Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ulysses S. Grant Senior High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John B. Monlux Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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