Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet

Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is a well-populated K-5 school in West Hills, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. The school enrolls 755 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet lists that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Asian, 20% multiracial, 17% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet 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 62.5%; this one delivers 82.3%, a residual of +19.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Haynes Charter for Enriched Studies, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Welby Way Charter Elem Sch And Gifted-High Ability Magnet's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 816 (now 755). White enrollment moved from 41% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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