Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet

Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet, a cozy primary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, caters to 325 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 62.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Dahlia Heights Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 325). Hispanic enrollment moved from 69% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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