Rio Vista Elementary

Set in North Hollywood, California, Rio Vista Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school, part of Los Angeles Unified. It educates 348 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Rio Vista Elementary sits 25% below that benchmark.

Rio Vista Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that educates 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Rio Vista Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 12% Asian, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rio Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Rio Vista Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Berenece Carlson Home Hospital, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rio Vista Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

Rio Vista Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Rio Vista Elementary's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 348). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 29% across the same window.

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