Vernon City Elementary

Vernon City Elementary, a rural-scale elementary school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, serves 134 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 71% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On demographics, Vernon City Elementary reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Vernon City Elementary has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Vernon City 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 22.6%; this one delivers 54.4%, a residual of +31.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Vernon City Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Holmes Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vernon City Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Vernon City Elementary's enrollment has fell 41% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 134). Hispanic enrollment moved from 100% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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