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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sylvan Park Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003386
Sylvan Park Elementary
6238 Noble Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91411 · (818) 988-4020 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
626 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 133 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.2pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +31.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 25.4% | 21.4% | 33.3% |
| Math | 21.6% | 23.6% | 24.3% | 30.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 32.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 16.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.4% | 20.4% |
| 2017-18 | 21.5% | 7.5% |
| 2016-17 | 13.7% | 12.0% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sylvan Park Elementary
Sylvan Park Elementary's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Park Elementary this school | 643 | 97.4% | 38.1% |
| Parkwood Elementary Madera | 635 | 96.5% | 30.1% |
| Bassett Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 609 | 96.4% | 26.7% |
| Valerio Street Elementary Van Nuys | 645 | 97.5% | 27.6% |
| Cathedral City Elementary Cathedral City | 606 | 96.5% | 24.6% |
| Washington Elementary Pomona | 645 | 95.0% | 18.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sylvan Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #2,657 of 5,151 | #652 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,903 of 5,172 ▲ 928 | #465 of 1,129 ▲ 236 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #2,431 of 5,172 ▲ 1,393 | #574 of 1,129 ▲ 339 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.6pp | #15 of 5,116 | #8 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #1,074 of 5,915 | #200 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,345 of 5,352 | #403 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #4,482 of 5,354 | #898 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #162 of 5,625 | #96 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #753 of 3,837 | #313 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
643
-89 (-12%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 97% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 96% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 31 | 21.5:1 | 94% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 35 | 20.9:1 | 96% (702) |
| 2017-18 | 882 | 37 | 23.8:1 | 92% (813) |
| 2015-16 | 839 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 92% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | N/A | N/A | 49% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 1,220 | 68 | 17.9:1 | 55% (669) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 33 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvan Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (882 to 643); teachers down 16% (37 to 31).
About Sylvan Park Elementary
Sylvan Park Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Van Nuys, California. It reports enrollment of 643 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 38% bigger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
District-wide, Los Angeles Unified has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
By race and ethnicity, Sylvan Park Elementary is 90% Hispanic. Other groups make up 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Sylvan Park Elementary are from different groups.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.7:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Of all students at Sylvan Park Elementary, 97% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Sylvan Park Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Sylvan Park Elementary is 22.5%. It actually posts 38.1%, which is 15.6 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sylvan Park Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Sylvan Park Elementary's nearest public school is Will Rogers Continuation (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sylvan Park Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Sylvan Park Elementary is City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 643, from 732 in 2020-21.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Other Sylvan Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sylvan Park Elementary. Sylvan Park Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Sylvan Park ElementaryNashville, TN · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Continuation0.5 mi · 136
- Van Nuys Senior High0.6 mi · 1,969
- Columbus Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- Van Nuys Elementary0.9 mi · 459
- Ararat Charter1.0 mi · 333
- Kester Avenue Elementary1.1 mi · 886
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvan Park ElementaryHow large is Sylvan Park Elementary?
Sylvan Park Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sylvan Park Elementary serve?
Sylvan Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sylvan Park Elementary?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Sylvan Park Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvan Park Elementary?
At Sylvan Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sylvan Park Elementary public or private?
Sylvan Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.