Westwood Charter Elementary

Set in Los Angeles, California, Westwood Charter Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. It works with 670 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 44% above typical.

Westwood Charter Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that educates 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Westwood Charter Elementary lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 21% multiracial, 17% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Westwood Charter Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Westwood Charter Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.9%; this one delivers 76.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Westwood Charter Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Community Charter, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westwood Charter Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westwood Charter Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Westwood Charter Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Charter Elementary has decreased 19%, going from 829 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 61% to 46% over that span.

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