NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Panorama City, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Panorama City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
6,158
Students
33.9/100
Avg Resource Index
19.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Panorama City has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Panorama City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Panorama City's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

93.0% of enrollment in reporting Panorama City schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 40-point gap between Cal Burke High and Primary Academy for Success shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 36%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
19th percentile

Panorama High accounts for 21.4% of all Panorama City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Panorama City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Panorama City school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Panorama City school enrollment ranges from 127 students (lowest) to 1,316 students (highest), a spread of 1,189 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Panorama City reports 93.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Panorama City student-teacher ratio is 19.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cal Burke High 60
2. Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles 41
3. Panorama High 37
4. Vista Middle 35
5. Burton Street Elementary 34
6. Alta California Elementary 31
7. Liggett Street Elementary 31
8. Chase Street Elementary 31
9. Michelle Obama Elementary 29
10. Panorama City Elementary 29
11. Ranchito Avenue Elementary 29
12. Primary Academy for Success 20

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Which Panorama City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cal Burke High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Panorama City schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Panorama City, CA? ▼

Panorama City has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,158 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.