Robert Fulton College Preparatory

Robert Fulton College Preparatory is a four-year high school of mid-sized scale in Van Nuys, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, works with 1,229 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Robert Fulton College Preparatory sits 47% above that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Robert Fulton College Preparatory is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Robert Fulton College Preparatory lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Asian, 4% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Robert Fulton College Preparatory has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Robert Fulton College Preparatory higher than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Robert Fulton College Preparatory performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 20.9%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Robert Fulton College Preparatory is one campus in the mix.

Lashon Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robert Fulton College Preparatory at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 23.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert Fulton College Preparatory has shrank 22%, going from 1,566 students in 2018 to 1,229 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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