Verdugo Woodlands Elementary

Set in Glendale, California, Verdugo Woodlands Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Glendale Unified. It hosts 676 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Glendale Unified, which oversees 32 schools and 25,294 students, Verdugo Woodlands Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Verdugo Woodlands Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Verdugo Woodlands Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Verdugo Woodlands Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 66.9%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $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 Verdugo Woodlands Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: College View, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Verdugo Woodlands Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.5%.

Verdugo Woodlands Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Verdugo Woodlands Elementary's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 809 (now 676). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 31.1:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.

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