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Enrollment
755
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003448
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet
23456 Welby Way, West Hills, CA 91307 · (818) 348-1975 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
216 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
81.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.5pp since 2014
Math
81.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.2% | 18.3% | 11.5% | 7.0% |
| Math | 62.3% | 19.2% | 12.5% | 6.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 82.9% |
| 2022-23 | 83.9% | 82.9% |
| 2021-22 | 86.8% | 90.0% |
| 2018-19 | 86.9% | 85.2% |
| 2017-18 | 86.6% | 86.4% |
| 2016-17 | 82.9% | 85.8% |
| 2015-16 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet this school | 755 | 28.6% | 81.9% |
| Crescent Elementary Anaheim | 805 | 26.1% | 82.6% |
| Fairmont Elementary Yorba Linda | 794 | 23.2% | 77.9% |
| Alderwood Elementary Irvine | 770 | 25.5% | 65.1% |
| Foothill Ranch Elementary Foothill Ranch | 990 | 28.4% | 69.3% |
| Stevenson Ranch Elementary Stevenson Ranch | 764 | 21.9% | 86.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #155 of 5,151 | #39 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #187 of 5,172 ▼ 44 | #42 of 1,129 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #203 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #50 of 1,129 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.9pp | #307 of 5,116 | #46 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #515 of 5,915 | #91 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,429 of 5,352 | #813 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #183 of 5,354 | #26 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #4,811 of 5,625 | #1,146 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #2,999 of 3,837 | #803 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
755
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 24.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 755 | 32 | 23.6:1 | 29% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 25% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 31 | 24.2:1 | 18% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 31 | 24.7:1 | 20% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 31 | 26.3:1 | 16% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 31 | 26.1:1 | 12% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 15% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 39 | 21.0:1 | 11% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 27 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (816 to 755); teachers up 3% (31 to 32).
About Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet
This page covers Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet, a large elementary school in West Hills, California. It reports enrollment of 755 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 62% bigger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet.
The biggest share of students at Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet, 31%, is White. Other reported shares: 30% Asian, 20% multiracial, and 17% Hispanic. That is in line with Los Angeles County, where about 31% of residents are White. The diversity index for Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet, 29% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of California public elementary schools.
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet outperforms its prediction by 19.1 points. The model expects 62.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 81.9%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Among nearby public schools, Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The school's size has been steady, with 767 students in 2020-21 and 755 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.7:1 in 2020-21, and 23.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability MagnetHow large is Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet?
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet enrolls approximately 755 students in grades KG-05.
Is Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet?
Approximately 23.6:1 students per teacher at Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet.
How diverse is Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet?
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet reports a student body of 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 30% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet?
Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.