Sharp Avenue Elementary

Sharp Avenue Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Arleta, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, educates 417 students, covering grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, Sharp Avenue Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest is composed of 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sharp Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sharp Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sharp Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beachy Avenue Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sharp Avenue Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharp Avenue Elementary has fell 39%, going from 680 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Sharp Avenue Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.