O'Melveny Elementary

O'Melveny Elementary, a close-knit K-5 school in San Fernando, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, serves 345 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

O'Melveny Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that educates 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, O'Melveny Elementary logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, O'Melveny Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), O'Melveny Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 23.7%; actual is 39.8%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports 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), O'Melveny Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: San Fernando Senior High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), O'Melveny Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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