Vena Avenue Elementary

Set in Arleta, California, Vena Avenue Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, part of Los Angeles Unified. It works with 464 students across grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Vena Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Vena Avenue Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Vena Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vena Avenue Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 62.1%, a residual of +29.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Vena Avenue Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Bert Corona Charter, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Vena Avenue Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vena Avenue Elementary has edged down 19%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 464 in 2025.

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