Justice Street Academy Charter

Justice Street Academy Charter, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in West Hills, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, hosts 430 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Justice Street Academy Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Justice Street Academy Charter logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Justice Street Academy Charter lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Justice Street Academy Charter 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 54.6%; this one delivers 72.0%, a residual of +17.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Justice Street Academy Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pomelo Community Charter, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Justice Street Academy Charter comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Justice Street Academy Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 43% to 34% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.