Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271008026
Newcastle Elementary
6520 Newcastle Ave., Reseda, CA 91335 · (818) 343-8795 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
271 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
33%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
Newcastle Elementary→William Mulholland 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
46.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
40.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.1% | 20.4% | 19.7% | 33.8% |
| Math | 19.1% | 21.1% | 28.6% | 31.3% |
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 | 46.5% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 43.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 34.9% |
| 2018-19 | 46.1% | 34.3% |
| 2017-18 | 47.0% | 30.5% |
| 2016-17 | 40.4% | 29.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Newcastle Elementary
Newcastle Elementary's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Elementary this school | 299 | 90.6% | 44.5% |
| Washington Elementary Visalia | 294 | 89.5% | 19.1% |
| Gault Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 298 | 87.9% | 38.1% |
| Robertson Road Elementary Modesto | 306 | 91.5% | 28.5% |
| Jackson Elementary Fresno | 319 | 90.6% | 25.8% |
| Lemay Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 334 | 91.9% | 41.9% |
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 Newcastle Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #2,107 of 5,151 | #495 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #2,281 of 5,172 ▼ 375 | #570 of 1,129 ▼ 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #2,324 of 5,172 ▼ 176 | #553 of 1,129 ▼ 63 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,291 of 5,116 | #590 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #4,772 of 5,915 | #1,064 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #898 of 5,352 | #279 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #3,783 of 5,354 | #689 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #1,027 of 5,625 | #425 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #1,302 of 3,837 | #465 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
299
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 299 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 91% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 15 | 19.6:1 | 91% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 15 | 20.6:1 | 91% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | 93% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 17 | 22.3:1 | 86% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 85% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | N/A | N/A | 80% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 89% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newcastle Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (379 to 299); teachers down 12% (17 to 15).
About Newcastle Elementary
Newcastle Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Reseda, California. The school enrolls 299 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Newcastle Elementary is one of the 784 schools that make up Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students in total).
Most students at Newcastle Elementary are Hispanic: 81% of enrollment. Other students are 9% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Newcastle Elementary has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.9 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Newcastle Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Newcastle Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California schools. It scores 44.5%; the prediction is 26.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Newcastle Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The next-closest public school is Zane Grey Continuation, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Newcastle Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Newcastle Elementary is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 299, 5% above the 285 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
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Other Newcastle Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newcastle Elementary. Newcastle Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Newcastle ElementaryNewcastle, CA · 164 students
- Newcastle Elementary SchoolNewcastle, OK · 738 students
- Newcastle Elementary SchoolNewcastle, WA · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Zane Grey Continuation0.2 mi · 77
- Reseda Charter High0.3 mi · 1,339
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- Lemay Street Elementary0.6 mi · 334
- Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies0.8 mi · 1,712
- Magnolia Science Academy0.9 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Newcastle ElementaryHow many students attend Newcastle Elementary?
Newcastle Elementary enrolls approximately 299 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Newcastle Elementary serve?
Newcastle Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newcastle Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newcastle Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Newcastle Elementary?
Newcastle Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 81% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Newcastle Elementary public or private?
Newcastle Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.