Sara Coughlin Elementary

Sara Coughlin Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Pacoima, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 409 students spanning grades K through 5.

Sara Coughlin Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sara Coughlin Elementary logs that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sara Coughlin Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sara Coughlin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 36.3%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sara Coughlin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bert Corona Charter High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sara Coughlin Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 597 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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