Fullbright Avenue Elementary, Canoga Park CA

Original Research by School Decision on Fullbright Avenue Elementary

Fullbright Avenue Elementary sits in Canoga Park, a densely populated, mixed residential and commercial neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley undergoing significant change. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade and enrolls a small student body, the vast majority of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the neighborhood's economic composition. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller populations of Asian, white, and Black students.

The school's recent state test results in math and English language arts show proficiency rates that fall below the midpoint among Los Angeles County's districts. In math, the school's overall proficiency is around a quarter of students meeting standards, with third grade performing somewhat higher than grades four and five. English language arts performance tracks similarly, with proficiency hovering around a quarter to a third of students across grades three through five. Science proficiency in fifth grade also falls in this range. When compared against the broader county's school districts, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. These results suggest that substantial portions of the student body are not yet meeting grade-level academic standards across core subjects, and a parent may want to look into further detail with the school about specific support structures, intervention programs, and instructional approaches in place to address this gap.

Canoga Park itself is a neighborhood in flux. Historically a quieter, car-dependent residential area with a modest downtown core anchored by the Sherman Way commercial corridor, it is now in the early stages of intensive development. The Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan, adopted several years ago, is driving thousands of new apartment units, many mixed-use and mid-rise, throughout the area. The neighborhood has recognizable civic anchors including a library branch, public parks, and transit via the Metro G Line, though much of daily life still requires a car. Housing costs in the zip code remain substantial, with property values and rents both moderate-to-high relative to national benchmarks, though rents have risen modestly in the past year. The area's job base spans aerospace and defense, retail anchored by a major shopping center, healthcare, and service sectors.

The school is part of Los Angeles Unified, the state's largest school district, which has recently passed a major school facilities bond and implemented a district-wide cellphone ban affecting daily school culture and student communication. These district-level decisions shape the environment any student at Fullbright Avenue would enter.

For a family considering this school, the profile is one of a small, neighborhood elementary serving a predominantly low-income, Hispanic student population with academic proficiency rates notably below county averages. The question for a prospective family is whether the school's specific interventions, teacher quality, and classroom environment would meet their child's needs despite these aggregate results, and whether the rapidly changing Canoga Park neighborhood and growing school population align with their housing and community preferences.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 48% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 43% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 36% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 44% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 45% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 47% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 29% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

This schoolLos Angeles Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.