Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003401
Topanga Elementary Charter
22075 Topanga School Rd., Topanga, CA 90290 · (310) 455-3711 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
21.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
60 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 | 69 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 176% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
56%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
81.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
70.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.9% | 25.8% | 12.9% | 5.4% |
| Math | 40.2% | 30.4% | 21.7% | 7.6% |
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 | 81.7% | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 66.3% |
| 2022-23 | 67.4% | 70.1% |
| 2021-22 | 68.3% | 61.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.2% | 63.8% |
| 2017-18 | 74.5% | 75.9% |
| 2016-17 | 75.2% | 67.2% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Topanga Elementary Charter
Topanga Elementary Charter's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topanga Elementary Charter this school | 232 | 25.9% | 75.0% |
| JCS - Mountain Oaks Encinitas | 255 | 25.9% | N/A |
| Northside Elementary Cool | 283 | 28.6% | 53.7% |
| Ross Valley Charter Fairfax | 198 | 24.7% | N/A |
| Santa Barbara Charter Goleta | 269 | 24.5% | 47.5% |
| Tahoe Lake Elementary Tahoe City | 282 | 28.0% | 52.4% |
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 Topanga Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #432 of 5,151 | #95 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #569 of 5,172 ▲ 191 | #126 of 1,129 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #197 of 5,172 ▲ 53 | #48 of 1,129 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #428 of 5,116 | #163 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #5,210 of 5,915 | #1,178 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,558 of 5,352 | #466 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #2,280 of 5,354 | #356 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #4,933 of 5,625 | #1,164 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #1,274 of 3,837 | #456 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
232
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 232 | 11 | 21.1:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 11 | 22.0:1 | 20% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 10 | 23.4:1 | 15% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 214 | 12 | 17.8:1 | 18% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 13 | 22.7:1 | 15% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 12 | 24.3:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | N/A | N/A | 6% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 9% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 11 | 28.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Topanga Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (295 to 232); teachers down 15% (13 to 11).
About Topanga Elementary Charter
Topanga Elementary Charter is a low-enrollment elementary school in Topanga, California, (ZIP code 90290). The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 232 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Topanga Elementary Charter.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Topanga Elementary Charter. Other reported shares: 20% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 31% White among all Los Angeles County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Topanga Elementary Charter are from different groups.
Its staff includes 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Topanga Elementary Charter has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Topanga Elementary Charter lands at A+, ahead of 96% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Topanga Elementary Charter is 64.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 75.0%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Topanga Elementary Charter among them.
Measured in a straight line, Calabasas High is about 3.5 miles from Topanga Elementary Charter. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 75.0% is above the 64.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area. NCES lists Topanga Elementary Charter as a charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 232, compared with 214 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 21.1:1, from 17.8:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Topanga Elementary CharterHow large is Topanga Elementary Charter?
Topanga Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 232 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Topanga Elementary Charter serve?
Topanga Elementary Charter serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Topanga Elementary Charter have?
Topanga Elementary Charter employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
How diverse is Topanga Elementary Charter?
Topanga Elementary Charter reports a student body of 62% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Topanga Elementary Charter?
Topanga Elementary Charter is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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