Panorama City Elementary

Panorama City Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Panorama City, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school educates 443 students in grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Panorama City Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Panorama City Elementary logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Panorama City Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Panorama City Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 20.4%; actual is 45.4%, +25.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, 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%. Panorama City Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Alta California Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Panorama City Elementary. On composite proficiency, Panorama City Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025.

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