Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter

Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter District. Current enrollment sits at 697 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Operationally, Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter answers to Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hollywood Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.