Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003390
Tarzana Elementary
5726 Topeka Dr., Tarzana, CA 91356 · (818) 881-1424 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
17.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
245 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.0pp since 2014
Math
40.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% |
| Math | 12.8% | 27.4% | 34.3% | 25.5% |
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 | 49.0% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 36.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 27.2% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.2% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.5% | 23.4% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 23 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 Tarzana Elementary
Tarzana Elementary's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarzana Elementary this school | 246 | 99.6% | 43.9% |
| Think College Now Elementary Oakland | 253 | 97.2% | 23.2% |
| Pinewood Avenue Elementary Tujunga | 215 | 95.8% | 26.0% |
| Charnock Road Elementary Los Angeles | 281 | 90.7% | 47.3% |
| Grant Elementary Los Angeles | 365 | 94.0% | 38.7% |
| Lankershim Elementary North Hollywood | 326 | 92.9% | 25.3% |
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 Tarzana Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,170 of 5,151 | #513 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,275 of 5,172 ▲ 174 | #568 of 1,129 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,116 of 5,172 ▲ 22 | #488 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.2pp | #59 of 5,116 | #30 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #5,139 of 5,915 | #1,158 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #206 of 5,352 | #59 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,457 of 5,354 | #227 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #14 of 5,625 | #8 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #378 of 3,837 | #174 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
246
-21 (-8%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 246 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 100% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 99% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 15 | 17.3:1 | 86% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 83% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 16 | 23.0:1 | 90% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 79% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 67% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 83% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 19 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tarzana Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (368 to 246); teachers down 12% (16 to 14).
About Tarzana Elementary
In Tarzana, California, Tarzana Elementary is a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 246 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Tarzana Elementary is part of a district of 784 schools: Los Angeles Unified, with 406,887 students.
Tarzana Elementary is 56% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, and 8% Asian. Tarzana Elementary's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 14 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.6:1. That is 4.7 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Tarzana Elementary reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Tarzana Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Tarzana Elementary is 22.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Tarzana Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The school nearest to Tarzana Elementary is Vanalden Avenue Elementary, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Tarzana Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Tarzana Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Tarzana Elementary had 267 students, to 2024-25, when it had 246. Students per teacher fell from 19.1 in 2020-21 to 17.6 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Tarzana ElementaryHow many students attend Tarzana Elementary?
Tarzana Elementary enrolls approximately 246 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Tarzana Elementary serve?
Tarzana Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tarzana Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tarzana Elementary is approximately 17.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tarzana Elementary?
Tarzana Elementary reports a student body of 15% White, 56% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Tarzana Elementary?
Tarzana Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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