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Alumni: what's one memory from Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003113
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter
645 North Kenter Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049 · (310) 472-5918 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
60 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 92% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter→Paul Revere Charter Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
80.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.0pp since 2014
Math
81.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 52.1% | 27.9% | 15.3% | 4.7% |
| Math | 57.9% | 23.7% | 10.5% | 7.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.9% | 84.6% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 79.6% |
| 2021-22 | 82.5% | 78.4% |
| 2018-19 | 84.5% | 82.3% |
| 2017-18 | 83.8% | 76.4% |
| 2016-17 | 81.2% | 80.5% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter this school | 453 | 13.2% | 81.8% |
| Hermosa Vista Hermosa Beach | 430 | 8.4% | 79.6% |
| Canyon Charter Elementary Santa Monica | 391 | 15.6% | 83.6% |
| Ortega Elementary Pacifica | 404 | 13.6% | 51.4% |
| Kensington Elementary Kensington | 473 | 14.2% | 78.0% |
| Ivanhoe Elementary Los Angeles | 426 | 17.8% | 76.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #159 of 5,151 | #40 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #182 of 5,172 ▼ 80 | #41 of 1,129 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #271 of 5,172 ▼ 54 | #64 of 1,129 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,246 of 5,116 | #794 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #2,998 of 5,915 | #613 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,865 of 5,352 | #538 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #1,468 of 5,354 | #229 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #5,385 of 5,625 | #1,246 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #1,620 of 3,837 | #544 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
453
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 453 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 22.5 | 24.6:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | N/A | N/A | 4% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | 7% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (554 to 453); teachers down 7% (22.5 to 21).
About Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is a medium-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, administered by Los Angeles Unified. The school enrolls 453 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter falls under Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools enrolling 406,887 students.
White students are the largest group at Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter, with 50% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 8% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. The chance that two students picked at random at Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.6:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 13% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is 10.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 81.8%. Predicted: 71.8%.
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The next-closest public school is Paul Revere Charter Middle, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 66.7% on proficiency, and Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is above that at 81.8%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 7%, from 488 to 453.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Kenter Canyon Elementary CharterHow large is Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter?
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter have?
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter?
Student demographics at Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter are roughly 50% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 33% Two or more.
What district is Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter in?
Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.