La Canada Elementary

La Canada Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in La Canada, California, run under La Canada Unified. Current enrollment sits at 633 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so La Canada Elementary sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

La Canada Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by La Canada Unified, a district that educates 3,979 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, La Canada Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% Asian, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, La Canada Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting La Canada Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at La Canada 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 noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, La Canada Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. La Canada Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Paradise Canyon Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Canada Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 77.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 671 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 today.

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