Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies

Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies is a close-knit 9-12 campus in Sun Valley, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. The school works with 372 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies sits 56% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alliance Marine - Innovation and Technology 6-12 Complex, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

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