Lorne Street Elementary

Lorne Street Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Northridge, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. The school teaches 372 students in grades K through 5.

Lorne Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lorne Street Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% multiracial, 10% White, 7% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lorne Street Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lorne Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of +2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lorne Street 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 Stagg Street Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lorne Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lorne Street Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Lorne Street Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 570 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lorne Street Elementary typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.