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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Maurice Sendak Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271011624
Maurice Sendak Elementary
11414 West Tiara St., North Hollywood, CA 91601 · (818) 509-3400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- AThree-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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
400 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
31%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
Maurice Sendak Elementary→Roy Romer 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
36.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.6% | 22.5% | 23.9% | 39.9% |
| Math | 10.4% | 22.5% | 27.9% | 39.2% |
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 | 36.1% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 30.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 22.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.9% | 20.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.8% | 24.6% |
| 2017-18 | 27.9% | 25.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.1% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Maurice Sendak Elementary
Maurice Sendak Elementary's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Sendak Elementary this school | 421 | 95.0% | 34.4% |
| Los Robles Elementary Porterville | 424 | 95.0% | 28.8% |
| Don Pedro Elementary Ceres | 439 | 93.6% | 17.8% |
| Belleview Elementary Porterville | 377 | 95.2% | 26.6% |
| Orville Wright Elementary Modesto | 399 | 92.5% | 12.3% |
| Bellingham Elementary North Hollywood | 390 | 97.2% | 38.0% |
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 Maurice Sendak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #3,029 of 5,151 | #756 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #2,926 of 5,172 ▲ 107 | #756 of 1,129 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #3,316 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #800 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #533 of 5,116 | #199 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,414 of 5,915 | #713 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,882 of 5,352 | #544 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #3,891 of 5,354 | #726 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #447 of 5,625 | #225 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #1,963 of 3,837 | #609 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
421
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 421 | 19.5 | 21.6:1 | 95% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 95% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 18.5 | 21.3:1 | 94% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 94% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 93% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 92% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | N/A | N/A | 89% (678) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maurice Sendak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (498 to 421); teachers down 15% (23 to 19.5).
About Maurice Sendak Elementary
Maurice Sendak Elementary is an elementary school in North Hollywood, California, and it is part of Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment is 421 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools; together they serve 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Maurice Sendak Elementary is 82% Hispanic. Other groups include 9% White and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Maurice Sendak Elementary is 19.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 21.6:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 400 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 95%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Maurice Sendak Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Maurice Sendak Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.4% actual against a predicted 23.9%.
Maurice Sendak Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Maurice Sendak Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Oxnard Street Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Maurice Sendak Elementary at 3rd of 6.
NCES describes the area around Maurice Sendak Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 421, a 3% increase from 407 in 2020-21. The ratio was 20.4:1 in 2020-21 and 21.6:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Quick facts
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- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
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- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Walter Reed MiddleMiddle · 1,580 students
- James Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,148 students
- Roy Romer MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- John B. Monlux ElementaryElementary · 660 students
- Coldwater Canyon ElementaryElementary · 570 students
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- Science Academy STEM Magnet0.7 mi · 536
- East Valley Senior High0.7 mi · 558
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- Lankershim Elementary0.8 mi · 326
- New Horizons Charter Academy0.9 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About Maurice Sendak ElementaryHow many students attend Maurice Sendak Elementary?
Maurice Sendak Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
Is Maurice Sendak Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maurice Sendak Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maurice Sendak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maurice Sendak Elementary is approximately 21.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maurice Sendak Elementary?
At Maurice Sendak Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Maurice Sendak Elementary in?
Maurice Sendak Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.