Plummer Elementary

Plummer Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in North Hills, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, teaches 600 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Demographically, Plummer Elementary records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 96% 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%.

With demographic context factored in, Plummer Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 26.9%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Plummer Elementary is one.

Valor Academy High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Plummer Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Plummer Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plummer Elementary has edged down 29%, going from 847 students in 2018 to 600 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.