Van Ness Avenue Elementary

As a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California, Van Ness Avenue Elementary caters to 189 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 465.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Van Ness Avenue Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Van Ness Avenue Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Van Ness Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Van Ness Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Van Ness Avenue Elementary is one.

Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Van Ness Avenue Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Van Ness Avenue Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Van Ness Avenue Elementary's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 189). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 12% to 6%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.