North Park Elementary

North Park Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Valencia, California, overseen by Saugus Union, instructing 441 students in grades K through 6.

Saugus Union comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,359 students; North Park Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, North Park Elementary lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Park Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting North Park Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which North Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rio Norte Junior High, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Park Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 23% to 31%.

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