Newhall Elementary

Newhall Elementary, a medium-sized K-5 school in Newhall, California, part of Newhall, works with 493 students, covering grades K through 6.

Newhall runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,020 students. Newhall Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Newhall Elementary reports that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 2% White. 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, Newhall Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Newhall Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newhall Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.8%, the actual is 26.5%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Newhall Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Learning Post Academy (Alternative), around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newhall Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.2%.

Newhall Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 632 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025.

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