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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003402
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies
9815 Topeka Dr., Northridge, CA 91324 · (818) 886-2266 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
269 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 | 157 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
73%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
70.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
69.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.0% | 25.6% | 13.0% | 16.4% |
| Math | 46.1% | 23.4% | 16.7% | 13.8% |
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 | 70.6% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 68.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.1% | 66.9% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 67.7% |
| 2018-19 | 70.3% | 59.4% |
| 2017-18 | 70.6% | 62.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.4% | 65.5% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% 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 15 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 Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies this school | 610 | 44.1% | 68.9% |
| Monte Gardens Elementary Concord | 562 | 44.3% | 54.1% |
| Liberty Elementary Fresno | 618 | 44.7% | 82.4% |
| Cobblestone Elementary Plumas Lake | 590 | 44.4% | 45.6% |
| Freedom Elementary Clovis | 691 | 44.9% | 55.5% |
| Maple Creek Elementary Fresno | 536 | 48.3% | 61.4% |
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 Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #707 of 5,151 | #158 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #620 of 5,172 ▲ 67 | #136 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #721 of 5,172 ▲ 131 | #162 of 1,129 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,578 of 5,116 | #642 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,312 of 5,915 | #253 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,668 of 5,352 | #691 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #255 of 5,354 | #38 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #4,177 of 5,625 | #1,035 of 1,276 |
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
610
+71 (+13%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 610 | 27 | 22.6:1 | 44% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 26 | 23.2:1 | 40% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 33% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 25 | 24.4:1 | 39% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 40% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | N/A | N/A | 29% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 22% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (610 to 610); teachers up 8% (25 to 27).
About Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies
Students in Northridge, California, attend Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 610 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Los Angeles Unified runs Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies along with 783 other schools, enrolling 406,887 students in total.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies, 37% of enrollment. Other groups make up 29% White, 17% Asian, 14% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies comes in at 73%.
Dividing enrollment by its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.6:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligible students account for 44% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 68.9%. Predicted: 53.7%. Difference: 15.2 points.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The school nearest to Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Federal counts put enrollment at 539 in 2020-21 and 610 in 2024-25, a 13% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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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 Topeka Charter School for Advanced StudiesHow many students attend Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies?
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies serve?
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies?
At Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies, the student body is approximately 29% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies public or private?
Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.