Is Castlebay Lane Charter a good school?

Yes. Castlebay Lane Charter ranks in the top 8.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Castlebay Lane Charter?

In the 2022-23 school year, 597 students attended Castlebay Lane Charter.

What is the racial makeup of Castlebay Lane Charter?

Students at Castlebay Lane Charter are 100% Not Specified.

What schools do graduates of Castlebay Lane Charter attend?

Students who attend Castlebay Lane Charter usually go on to attend: Middle : Robert Frost Middle High : Northridge Academy High High : Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

Castlebay Lane Charter

Summary:

Castlebay Lane Charter is a high-performing public charter elementary school in Northridge, California, serving 597 students in grades K-5. This school consistently outperforms the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California in academic achievement, ranking in the top 10% of California elementary schools.

Castlebay Lane Charter's academic excellence is evident across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, 72.18% of its students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for Los Angeles Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, 74.3% of Castlebay Lane Charter students were proficient or better, significantly higher than the 32.83% for Los Angeles Unified and 35.54% for California. The school's strong statewide ranking, placing 494 out of 5,862 California elementary schools, further demonstrates its commitment to providing a high-quality education.

Castlebay Lane Charter's success extends beyond overall academic performance, as the school also excels in serving diverse student populations. The school ranks in the top 5% of California elementary schools for Hispanic students and the top 10% for low socioeconomic status students. Additionally, Castlebay Lane Charter has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates compared to nearby schools, such as Granada Elementary and Our Community Charter. This commitment to equity and inclusion is a testament to the school's dedication to ensuring all students have the opportunity to succeed.

Detail:

Public, Charter K-5

19010 Castlebay Ln.
Northridge, CA 91326-1005

(818) 360-1908

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
494^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,355

Students who attend Castlebay Lane Charter usually attend:

Middle:	Robert Frost Middle
High:	Northridge Academy High
	Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

Student/teacher ratio: 24.8

Number of students: 597

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:

100.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 19.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Castlebay Lane Charter ranks better than 91.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 27^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.23. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Castlebay Lane Charter is 24.8. 487 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Castlebay Lane Charter is $8,355. 499 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Castlebay Lane Charter:

SchoolDigger ranks Castlebay Lane Charter 494^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Castlebay Lane Charter in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Castlebay Lane Charter

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Rank History for all students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	94.42	261^st	4809	94.6%
2005	94.44	252^nd	4822	94.8%
2006	92.79	343^rd	4818	92.9%
2007	95.67	186^th	5113	96.4%
2008	94.53	211^th	5113	95.9%
2009	89.88	487^th	5193	90.6%
2010	90.23	425^th	5314	92.0%
2011	92.50	285^th	5377	94.7%
2012	93.56	190^th	5390	96.5%
2013	92.41	289^th	5530	94.8%
2015	88.91	673^rd	5611	88.0%
2016	92.27	483^rd	5614	91.4%
2017	91.60	539^th	5692	90.5%
2018	87.13	790^th	5662	86.0%
2019	85.86	857^th	5789	85.2%
2022	94.73	387^th	5883	93.4%
2023	91.74	588^th	5874	90.0%
2024	93.23	494^th	5862	91.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	75.32	74^th	339	78.2%
2022	66.60	227^th	610	62.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	68.13	500^th	2420	79.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.23	714^th	5084	86.0%
2019	85.09	488^th	5173	90.6%
2022	86.63	480^th	5264	90.9%
2023	90.87	351^st	5374	93.5%
2024	86.24	582^nd	5511	89.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	85.98	767^th	5413	85.8%
2019	80.58	1047^th	5492	80.9%
2022	94.98	297^th	5635	94.7%
2023	91.74	517^th	5617	90.8%
2024	90.12	616^th	5605	89.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	73.27	451^st	2585	82.6%
2022	82.46	264^th	2227	88.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	85.96	803^rd	5431	85.2%
2019	86.65	751^st	5510	86.4%
2022	92.60	473^rd	5663	91.6%
2023	89.36	659^th	5650	88.3%
2024	94.01	354^th	5636	93.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.76	557^th	1071	48.0%
2019	56.89	620^th	1149	46.0%
2022	74.87	277^th	1154	76.0%
2023	65.98	497^th	1190	58.2%
2024	74.36	316^th	1203	73.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.93	694^th	4830	85.6%
2019	85.66	476^th	4963	90.4%
2022	97.90	75^th	5084	98.5%
2023	95.48	149^th	5098	97.1%
2024	94.24	195^th	5102	96.2%

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Rank History for White students at Castlebay Lane Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.61	1095^th	2737	60.0%
2019	50.55	1532^nd	2834	45.9%
2022	71.84	739^th	2726	72.9%
2023	68.62	851^st	2662	68.0%
2024	72.15	738^th	2647	72.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Castlebay Lane Charter

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	429	8	130	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	630
1989	459	55	163	108	0	n/a	n/a	0	785
1990	448	38	233	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	802
1991	443	32	227	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	802
1992	454	27	257	124	0	n/a	n/a	0	862
1993	356	21	216	82	1	n/a	n/a	0	676
1994	359	25	229	64	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1995	402	17	247	51	4	n/a	n/a	0	721
1996	402	17	247	51	4	n/a	n/a	0	721
1997	457	22	276	45	4	n/a	n/a	0	804
1998	436	19	282	49	4	n/a	n/a	0	790
1999	465	21	294	55	2	n/a	n/a	0	837
2000	445	20	309	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	831
2001	413	19	303	62	3	n/a	n/a	0	800
2002	410	20	297	85	1	n/a	n/a	0	813
2003	410	20	297	85	1	n/a	n/a	0	813
2004	403	22	312	85	0	n/a	n/a	0	822
2005	378	26	302	88	0	n/a	n/a	0	794
2006	367	28	331	79	1	n/a	n/a	0	806
2007	362	21	318	78	1	n/a	n/a	42	822
2008	350	21	287	79	1	n/a	n/a	0	738
2009	337	27	321	88	0	0	36	0	809
2010	368	26	319	95	0	0	35	0	843
2011	361	28	348	81	1	0	1	0	820
2012	349	28	348	77	1	0	1	0	804
2013	321	29	255	98	2	0	1	0	706
2014	361	29	264	115	1	0	0	0	770
2015	373	17	235	112	0	0	63	0	800
2016	348	13	235	117	0	0	58	0	771
2017	309	16	237	124	0	0	49	0	735
2018	307	20	217	142	1	0	51	0	738
2019	328	33	236	139	0	2	2	0	740
2020	303	18	206	131	0	0	49	0	707
2021	286	12	192	118	0	0	48	0	656
2022	268	15	159	118	0	0	45	0	605
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	597	597

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Castlebay Lane Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	630	23.4	26.9	n/a
1989	785	25.0	31.4	n/a
1990	802	26.7	30.0	n/a
1991	802	31.2	25.7	n/a
1992	862	31.7	27.1	15.9
1993	676	24.0	28.2	12.9
1994	677	23.0	29.4	11.2
1995	721	24.0	30.0	6.7
1996	721	24.0	30.0	6.7
1997	804	33.0	24.4	6.2
1998	790	35.0	22.6	4.9
1999	837	40.0	20.9	7.8
2000	831	39.0	21.3	6.5
2001	800	38.0	21.1	7
2002	813	38.0	21.4	7.3
2003	813	38.0	21.4	7.3
2004	822	39.0	21.1	6.7
2005	794	39.5	20.1	6.9
2006	806	39.0	20.7	7.2
2007	822	40.0	20.6	6.7
2008	738	40.0	18.5	6.8
2009	809	38.0	20.2	8
2010	843	34.0	24.7	9.6
2011	820	n/a	n/a	12.1
2012	804	29.5	27.2	n/a
2013	706	27.5	25.6	9.1
2014	770	29.5	26.1	9.7
2015	800	30.0	26.6	10.1
2016	771	30.0	25.7	15.2
2017	735	30.0	24.5	13.9
2018	738	28.5	25.8	21.1
2019	740	28.0	26.4	18.4
2020	707	n/a	n/a	18.8
2021	656	26.5	24.7	17.8
2022	605	25.0	24.2	21.2
2023	597	24.0	24.8	19.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Castlebay Lane Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	630	23.4	26.9	n/a
1989	785	25.0	31.4	n/a
1990	802	26.7	30.0	n/a
1991	802	31.2	25.7	n/a
1992	862	31.7	27.1	15.9
1993	676	24.0	28.2	12.9
1994	677	23.0	29.4	11.2
1995	721	24.0	30.0	6.7
1996	721	24.0	30.0	6.7
1997	804	33.0	24.4	6.2
1998	790	35.0	22.6	4.9
1999	837	40.0	20.9	7.8
2000	831	39.0	21.3	6.5
2001	800	38.0	21.1	7
2002	813	38.0	21.4	7.3
2003	813	38.0	21.4	7.3
2004	822	39.0	21.1	6.7
2005	794	39.5	20.1	6.9
2006	806	39.0	20.7	7.2
2007	822	40.0	20.6	6.7
2008	738	40.0	18.5	6.8
2009	809	38.0	20.2	8
2010	843	34.0	24.7	9.6
2011	820	n/a	n/a	12.1
2012	804	29.5	27.2	n/a
2013	706	27.5	25.6	9.1
2014	770	29.5	26.1	9.7
2015	800	30.0	26.6	10.1
2016	771	30.0	25.7	15.2
2017	735	30.0	24.5	13.9
2018	738	28.5	25.8	21.1
2019	740	28.0	26.4	18.4
2020	707	n/a	n/a	18.8
2021	656	26.5	24.7	17.8
2022	605	25.0	24.2	21.2
2023	597	24.0	24.8	19.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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