Wilton Place Elementary

Wilton Place Elementary is one of the small elementary campuss in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, with 297 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Wilton Place Elementary sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Wilton Place Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Wilton Place Elementary records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 7% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wilton Place Elementary lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Wilton Place Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Wilton Place Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Wilton Place Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.5%; this one delivers 28.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Wilton Place Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Magnolia Science Academy 6, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wilton Place Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilton Place Elementary has decreased 48%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 297 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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