Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics

Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Tarzana, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, serveing 564 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics is among them.

Demographically, Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics shows that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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%. Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Virtual Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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), Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 564). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 55%.

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