Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies

As an average-sized primary school in Northridge, California, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies teaches 610 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% White, 17% Asian, 14% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.2%; actual is 67.6%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is one.

The closest other public school is Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 610 students in 2018 compared to 610 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 23% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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