Elementary · California

Melvin Avenue Elementary

Free meals for all

Melvin Avenue Elementary, a public elementary school in Reseda, California: grades k–5, 379 students, 19.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Los Angeles Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 379
Teachers (FTE): 20.0
Students per teacher: 19.0
Grades: K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Los Angeles Unified

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Los Angeles Unified.

Location

Address: 7700 Melvin Ave., Reseda, CA 91335
Phone: (818)886-7171
City or town: Los Angeles
County: Los Angeles County

Website Quality of life in Los Angeles Schools in Los Angeles

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Stanley Mosk ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	490	21.3	0.6 mi
Citizens of the World Charter School West ValleyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	409	23.9	0.8 mi
Shirley Avenue ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	410	19.5	0.9 mi
Winnetka Avenue ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	306	20.4	0.9 mi
Blythe Street ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	323	21.5	1.1 mi
Reseda ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	378	19.9	1.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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