Playa del Rey Elementary

Playa del Rey Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Culver City, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 272 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Playa del Rey Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 25% White, 17% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at Playa del Rey Elementary qualify 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 noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Playa del Rey Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Playa del Rey Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Goethe International Charter, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Playa del Rey Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Playa del Rey Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

Playa del Rey Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 275 students in 2018 compared to 272 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 39% across the same window.

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