Tarzana Elementary

Tarzana Elementary is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Tarzana, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, educateing 246 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Tarzana Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tarzana Elementary records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 15% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, 8% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Tarzana Elementary shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Tarzana Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Tarzana 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 20.2%; this one delivers 42.8%, a residual of +22.7 points.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Tarzana Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Vanalden Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tarzana Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tarzana Elementary has contracted 33%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 246 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 27% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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