Saticoy Elementary

Saticoy Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in North Hollywood, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. The school caters to 523 students in grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Saticoy Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Saticoy Elementary logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Saticoy Elementary reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Saticoy Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saticoy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.6%; this one delivers 26.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Saticoy Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Saticoy Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saticoy Elementary has shrank 8%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 34% to 23%. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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