Liggett Street Elementary

Liggett Street Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Panorama City, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 550 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Liggett Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Liggett Street Elementary lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Liggett Street Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at Liggett Street Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Liggett Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Liggett Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beachy Avenue Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Liggett Street Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liggett Street Elementary has contracted 22%, going from 709 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 90% to 85% over that span.

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