Riverside Drive Charter

Riverside Drive Charter is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in Sherman Oaks, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, educateing 392 students in grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Riverside Drive Charter is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Riverside Drive Charter shows that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 21% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Riverside Drive Charter has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverside Drive Charter tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside Drive Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Louis Armstrong Middle, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverside Drive Charter at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Riverside Drive Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Riverside Drive Charter's enrollment has contracted 36% since 2018, when it stood at 617 (now 392). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 38%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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