Stagg Street Elementary

Stagg Street Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Van Nuys, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. The school educates 413 students in grades K through 5.

Stagg Street Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that instructs 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Stagg Street Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%; the rest consists of 10% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Stagg Street Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stagg Street Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 56.8%, a residual of +26.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Stagg Street Elementary is one.

Lorne Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stagg Street Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Stagg Street Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 413). Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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