San Jose Street Elementary

San Jose Street Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Mission Hills, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 638 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so San Jose Street Elementary sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), San Jose Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, San Jose Street Elementary records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 7% Asian, 6% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, San Jose Street Elementary records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, San Jose Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of +11.0 points.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. San Jose Street Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Lassen Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, San Jose Street Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

San Jose Street Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the San Jose Street Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.