Maurice Sendak Elementary

Located at 11414 West Tiara St., in North Hollywood, California, Maurice Sendak Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that enrolls 421 students (grades K through 5), run under Los Angeles Unified.

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

On the student-mix side, Maurice Sendak Elementary reports that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Maurice Sendak Elementary shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Maurice Sendak Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maurice Sendak Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Maurice Sendak Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Oxnard Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maurice Sendak Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maurice Sendak Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.8%.

Maurice Sendak Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window.

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