Shirley Avenue Elementary

Shirley Avenue Elementary is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Reseda, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, serveing 410 students in grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, Shirley Avenue Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 9% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Shirley Avenue Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Shirley Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shirley Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.4%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of +8.2 points.

In the surrounding 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Shirley Avenue 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 Virtual Academy of International Studies/Humanities, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shirley Avenue Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shirley Avenue Elementary has fell 11%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Shirley Avenue Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.