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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Lanai Road Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003121
Lanai Road Elementary
4241 Lanai Rd., Encino, CA 91436 · (818) 788-1590 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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.
- B+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
23.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
59 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 | 123 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 58% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
41%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
80.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 59.2% | 25.5% | 10.6% | 4.7% |
| Math | 49.4% | 31.4% | 14.9% | 4.3% |
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 | 84.7% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 79.9% |
| 2022-23 | 81.6% | 83.8% |
| 2021-22 | 89.3% | 81.7% |
| 2018-19 | 75.2% | 76.3% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 72.6% |
| 2016-17 | 78.4% | 74.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Lanai Road Elementary
Lanai Road Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanai Road Elementary this school | 566 | 10.4% | 81.0% |
| Warner Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 12.8% | 82.2% |
| Westlake Elementary Westlake Village | 512 | 11.1% | 70.6% |
| Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary Carlsbad | 520 | 6.5% | 77.8% |
| Jackson Elementary El Dorado Hills | 521 | 11.5% | 76.9% |
| Loomis Basin Charter Loomis | 505 | 9.3% | 73.8% |
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 Lanai Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #188 of 5,151 | #43 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #202 of 5,172 ▲ 23 | #47 of 1,129 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #113 of 5,172 ▲ 153 | #27 of 1,129 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,005 of 5,116 | #158 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,692 of 5,915 | #334 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,422 of 5,352 | #812 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #3,373 of 5,354 | #586 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #5,460 of 5,625 | #1,259 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #3,514 of 3,837 | #894 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
566
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 23 | 25.0:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 22 | 23.5:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 23 | 23.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 23 | 25.4:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | N/A | N/A | 3% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 68% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 18 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lanai Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (585 to 566); teachers up 4% (23 to 24).
About Lanai Road Elementary
Lanai Road Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Encino, California. The school's 566 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Besides Lanai Road Elementary, Los Angeles Unified runs 783 other schools. The district enrolls 406,887 students.
White students make up a majority at Lanai Road Elementary, at 76%. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 31% White. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Lanai Road Elementary employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 23.6:1. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 10% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Lanai Road Elementary 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.
Lanai Road Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.0% and a predicted 73.4%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lanai Road Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Nearby, Encino Charter Elementary is about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of Lanai Road Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lanai Road Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Lanai Road Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 566, a 3% increase from 549 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Lanai Road ElementaryHow large is Lanai Road Elementary?
Lanai Road Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lanai Road Elementary serve?
Lanai Road Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lanai Road Elementary have?
Lanai Road Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lanai Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Lanai Road Elementary are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lanai Road Elementary public or private?
Lanai Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.