Quartz Hill Elementary

Located at 41820 North 50th St. West, in Quartz Hill, California, Quartz Hill Elementary is a well-populated elementary-level community that caters to 845 students (grades K through 6), run under Westside Union Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Quartz Hill Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Westside Union Elementary, a district that instructs 9,078 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Quartz Hill Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 22% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Quartz Hill Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Quartz Hill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Quartz Hill Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Joe Walker Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Quartz Hill Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Quartz Hill Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 884 (now 845). Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 today.

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