1
What advice would you give to incoming students at Panorama City Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271010884
Panorama City Elementary
8600 Kester Ave., Panorama City, CA 91402 · (818) 895-4230 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
21.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
439 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
13%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
Panorama City Elementary→Vista 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
49.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +41.5pp since 2014
Math
56.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +44.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 42 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.8% | 17.8% | 21.0% | 29.4% |
| Math | 30.2% | 26.1% | 16.3% | 27.4% |
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 | 49.5% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.8% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.2% | 34.0% |
| 2018-19 | 34.5% | 29.1% |
| 2017-18 | 29.0% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 18.6% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 8.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 28 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 Panorama City Elementary
Panorama City Elementary's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama City Elementary this school | 443 | 99.1% | 49.1% |
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy Los Angeles | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Esperanza Elementary Oakland | 418 | 99.3% | 15.0% |
| Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 459 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| Fernangeles Elementary Sun Valley | 459 | 96.7% | 24.9% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Richmond | 408 | 97.8% | 7.6% |
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 Panorama City Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,780 of 5,151 | #406 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,247 of 5,172 ▲ 561 | #290 of 1,129 ▲ 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #2,071 of 5,172 ▲ 177 | #473 of 1,129 ▲ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.8pp | #41 of 5,116 | #23 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,119 of 5,915 | #647 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,565 of 5,352 | #468 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #4,781 of 5,354 | #1,000 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #30 of 5,625 | #15 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #2,459 of 3,837 | #696 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
443
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 443 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 22 | 21.2:1 | 99% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 97% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 97% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 96% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 91% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 51% (389) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panorama City Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (502 to 443); teachers down 9% (23 to 21).
About Panorama City Elementary
Panorama City Elementary is one of the public schools in Panorama City, California. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 443 students in kindergarten through 5.
Within Los Angeles Unified, Panorama City Elementary is one of 784 schools. The district enrolls 406,887 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Panorama City Elementary, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups make up 2% Black. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. Panorama City Elementary has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Panorama City Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 21.5%. Panorama City Elementary posts 49.1%, 27.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County census figures show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Panorama City Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The closest other public school is Alta California Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Panorama City Elementary ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 49.1% versus a 29.6% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Panorama City Elementary had 471 students in 2020-21 and 443 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Angeles Unified
- Grover Cleveland Charter HighHigh · 2,719 students
- North Hollywood Senior HighHigh · 2,444 students
- Phineas Banning Senior HighHigh · 2,422 students
- San Pedro Senior HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
Other schools in Panorama City
- Panorama HighHigh · 1,316 students
- Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,080 students
- Alta California ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Michelle Obama ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Liggett Street ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Chase Street ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Alta California Elementary0.4 mi · 588
- Rosa Parks Learning Center0.4 mi · 500
- Noble Avenue Elementary0.4 mi · 656
- Vista Middle0.4 mi · 1,080
- Primary Academy for Success0.6 mi · 192
- Michelle Obama Elementary0.6 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Panorama City ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Panorama City Elementary?
Panorama City Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Panorama City Elementary serve?
Panorama City Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Panorama City Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Panorama City Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Panorama City Elementary?
At Panorama City Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Panorama City Elementary public or private?
Panorama City 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.