Wiley Canyon Elementary

Located at 24240 La Glorita Cir., in Newhall, California, Wiley Canyon Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school that enrolls 388 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Newhall.

Newhall runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,020 students. Wiley Canyon Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wiley Canyon Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school records 11% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Wiley Canyon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wiley Canyon 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 32.5%; this one delivers 48.5%, a residual of +16.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Wiley Canyon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Old Orchard Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wiley Canyon Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wiley Canyon Elementary has shrank 33%, going from 580 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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