McKinley Elementary

McKinley Elementary operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Santa Monica, California, overseen by Santa Monica-Malibu Unified. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Within Santa Monica-Malibu Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 8,616 students, McKinley Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, McKinley Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 33% White, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, McKinley Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at McKinley Elementary qualify 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, McKinley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), McKinley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Franklin Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McKinley Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKinley Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. McKinley Elementary's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 362). White enrollment moved from 38% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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