Gledhill Elementary

Gledhill Street Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Gledhill Street, North Hills, California. Gledhill is part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and has been offering primary classes since 1958. Following a single track school calendar, Gledhill is servicing approximately 808 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade levels. Gledhill earned the California Distinguished School Honorable Mention for 2006-07 and the Title I Academic Achievement Award in 2007.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 765, giving them a State Rank of 6 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best).

School Statistics

95% of Gledhill Elementary's educators have full teaching credentials. They also average 14 years of teaching experience and 13 average years teaching in the district. As of 2005-06, Gledhill has no first year teachers on its faculty.

The school's average class size is 20 for both kindergarten and grade 1, 19 for both grades 2 and 3, 28 for grade 4, and 29 for grade 5. The student-staff ratio is 48 Students per paraprofessional staff, 162 Students per office/clerical staff, and 202 Students per other classified staff.

Almost three-fourths of the student body (71%) are Hispanic or Latino. The rest are White (10%), Filipino (7%), African American (6%), Asian (5%), Pacific Islander (less than 1%), and American Indian/Alaska Native (less than 1%).