Public schools in Pacoima, CA

Pacoima has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 4 middle, 7 elementary, enrolling 5,884 students. They are run by 7 districts and agencies; Los Angeles Unified School District runs 6 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 7 districts and agencies that run Pacoima's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in PacoimaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Los Angeles Unified School District6427,795$22,606
Montague Charter Academy District1836$20,036
Pacoima Charter Elementary District1888$21,859
Fenton Primary Center District1532$23,669
Bert Corona Charter District1337$21,145
Bert Corona Charter High District1200$21,540
PUC Inspire Charter Academy District1195$24,933

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Pacoima, 220 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bert Corona Charter High22017.289.1%Bert Corona Charter High District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Pacoima, 1,616 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Pacoima Middle82317.787.5%Los Angeles Unified
Bert Corona Charter34525.080.3%Bert Corona Charter District
Charles Maclay Middle23812.995.4%Los Angeles Unified
PUC Inspire Charter Academy21017.489.5%PUC Inspire Charter Academy District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Pacoima, 4,048 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Montague Charter Academy85219.673.5%Montague Charter Academy District
Pacoima Charter Elementary83126.077.3%Pacoima Charter Elementary District
Haddon Avenue Elementary59019.087.1%Los Angeles Unified
Telfair Avenue Elementary53419.189.9%Los Angeles Unified
Fenton Primary Center48921.767.7%Fenton Primary Center District
Sara Coughlin Elementary40921.592.2%Los Angeles Unified
Hillery T. Broadous Elementary34318.193.9%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Pacoima's public schools compare with California's

The median Pacoima school has 19.1 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 449 students (state 471).

Pacoima against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
PacoimaCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.121.6
Median school size (students)449471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)83%74%
Charter schools50%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Pacoima schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Pacoima

  1. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRuns 6 of Pacoima's 12 public schools and spent $22,606 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,606
  2. Bert Corona Charter High, the largest high school in Pacoima220 students in 2024-25, 17.2 per teacher.220
  3. Compare Los Angeles Unified School District with Montague Charter Academy DistrictPacoima's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Pacoima addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Pacoima

  1. How many public schools are in Pacoima, CA?
    12 public schools with an address in Pacoima were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 4 middle, 7 elementary, enrolling 5,884 students. 6 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Pacoima?
    Bert Corona Charter High, with 220 students in 2024-25 (Bert Corona Charter High District).
  3. Which districts run Pacoima's schools?
    Los Angeles Unified School District (6 schools), Montague Charter Academy District (1 school), Pacoima Charter Elementary District (1 school), Fenton Primary Center District (1 school), and 3 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .