Is Porter Ranch Community a good school?

Yes! Porter Ranch Community is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 278 th of 5862 California elementary schools.

How many students attend Porter Ranch Community?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,396 students attended Porter Ranch Community.

What is the racial makeup of Porter Ranch Community?

Students at Porter Ranch Community are 38% Asian, 24% White, 19% Two or more races, 15% Hispanic, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Porter Ranch Community attend?

Students who attend Porter Ranch Community usually go on to attend: High : Chatsworth Charter High

Porter Ranch Community

Summary:

Porter Ranch Community is an exceptional elementary school in Northridge, California, serving 1,363 students in grades K-8 as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. This school has consistently been ranked among the top elementary schools in California, maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 8 school years.

Porter Ranch Community significantly outperforms the district and state in academic achievement, with 78.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 72.47% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 43.06% and 32.83% for the district, respectively. The school's exceptional performance extends across all student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, Hispanic, and low-socioeconomic status students. Additionally, Porter Ranch Community has maintained relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 1.1% to 16.5%, which is significantly lower than the surrounding schools.

While Porter Ranch Community stands out as an exceptional school, the local educational landscape in Northridge includes several other high-performing options, such as Topeka Charter School For Advanced Studies, Our Community Charter, and Castlebay Lane Charter, all of which also demonstrate strong academic performance and high ratings from SchoolDigger.

Detail:

Public K-8

12450 Mason Ave.
Porter Ranch, CA 91326-4619

(818) 709-7100

District: Los Angeles Unified

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,425

Students who attend Porter Ranch Community usually attend:

High:

Chatsworth Charter High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.9

Number of students: 1,396

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

37.8%

White:

23.8%

Two or more races:

19.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 18.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Porter Ranch Community ranks better than 95.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 19^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 95.81. (See more...)

Compare Details Porter Ranch Community ranks better than 94% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 94.59. (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

Compare Details Porter Ranch Community has the largest elementary school student body size in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Student population at Porter Ranch Community is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (37.8%), White (23.8%), two or more races (19.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 18.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Porter Ranch Community is 24.9. 491 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 Porter Ranch Community is $7,425, which is the lowest among 506 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Porter Ranch Community:

SchoolDigger ranks Porter Ranch Community 278^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Porter Ranch Community in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Porter Ranch Community 166^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Porter Ranch Community 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 Porter Ranch Community

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	95.27	309^th	5611	94.5%
2016	96.56	197^th	5614	96.5%
2017	95.35	303^rd	5692	94.7%
2018	94.58	315^th	5662	94.4%
2019	94.81	304^th	5789	94.7%
2022	95.90	296^th	5883	95.0%
2023	94.79	370^th	5874	93.7%
2024	95.81	278^th	5862	95.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	67.81	213^th	610	65.1%
2023	70.59	198^th	669	70.4%
2024	74.83	166^th	669	75.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	81.01	293^rd	2420	87.9%
2024	86.03	246^th	2634	90.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.82	332^nd	5084	93.5%
2019	97.67	55^th	5173	98.9%
2022	90.15	347^th	5264	93.4%
2023	91.27	335^th	5374	93.8%
2024	93.38	302^nd	5511	94.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	94.11	274^th	5413	94.9%
2019	93.68	304^th	5492	94.5%
2022	94.81	314^th	5635	94.4%
2023	94.65	310^th	5617	94.5%
2024	94.70	314^th	5605	94.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	69.07	425^th	2227	80.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	93.49	358^th	5431	93.4%
2019	94.34	287^th	5510	94.8%
2022	95.46	273^rd	5663	95.2%
2023	93.22	412^th	5650	92.7%
2024	95.32	242^nd	5636	95.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.57	268^th	1071	75.0%
2019	76.55	219^th	1149	80.9%
2022	78.76	181^st	1154	84.3%
2023	80.53	153^rd	1190	87.1%
2024	78.29	208^th	1203	82.7%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	98.84	5^th	662	99.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	91.25	258^th	4830	94.7%
2019	86.29	454^th	4963	90.9%
2022	96.64	129^th	5084	97.5%
2023	92.88	246^th	5098	95.2%
2024	94.52	187^th	5102	96.3%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.15	592^nd	2737	78.4%
2019	69.95	824^th	2834	70.9%
2022	78.41	506^th	2726	81.4%
2023	67.87	866^th	2662	67.5%
2024	76.40	576^th	2647	78.2%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	94.76	111^th	2477	95.5%
2016	92.48	161^st	2497	93.6%
2017	97.62	43^rd	2508	98.3%
2018	97.80	33^rd	2480	98.7%
2019	97.74	46^th	2715	98.3%
2022	90.07	279^th	2740	89.8%
2023	92.27	226^th	2802	91.9%
2024	94.59	166^th	2777	94.0%

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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	73.88	163^rd	665	75.5%
2023	73.44	173^rd	678	74.5%
2024	75.66	156^th	699	77.7%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	82.77	157^th	1550	89.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	95.34	58^th	2230	97.4%
2019	98.73	25^th	2369	98.9%
2022	81.00	284^th	2458	88.4%
2023	83.52	269^th	2549	89.4%
2024	93.72	131^st	2575	94.9%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.24	28^th	2262	98.8%
2019	96.22	61^st	2380	97.4%
2022	90.09	236^th	2509	90.6%
2023	89.24	259^th	2547	89.8%
2024	95.00	129^th	2546	94.9%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	99.33	13^th	1491	99.1%
2022	90.60	86^th	1531	94.4%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.52	49^th	2273	97.8%
2019	98.18	39^th	2407	98.4%
2022	88.20	289^th	2527	88.6%
2023	93.16	171^st	2558	93.3%
2024	91.32	220^th	2547	91.4%

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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	78.69	123^rd	700	82.4%
2019	74.32	197^th	745	73.6%
2022	66.21	279^th	733	61.9%
2023	66.89	274^th	718	61.8%
2024	68.98	252^nd	741	66.0%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	96.37	16^th	637	97.5%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	91.64	111^th	2072	94.6%
2019	98.27	28^th	2213	98.7%
2022	85.72	197^th	2359	91.6%
2023	87.01	190^th	2391	92.1%
2024	94.81	79^th	2383	96.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Porter Ranch Community

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.51	33^rd	1496	97.8%
2019	90.36	73^rd	1602	95.4%
2022	64.67	505^th	1555	67.5%
2023	71.86	387^th	1552	75.1%
2024	81.07	212^th	1535	86.2%

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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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by a parent
Thursday, June 21, 2018

Exceptional curriculum, dedicated staff and administration, high quality campus - this is a private school experience with a public school price. If you are lucky enough to be in the district, you will see why this is the top school in the valley (and the LAUSD). Close Quote

Enrollment information for Porter Ranch Community

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2013	243	23	377	72	2	0	1	0	718
2014	319	42	460	101	2	2	0	0	926
2015	361	45	492	114	2	1	36	0	1051
2016	371	44	511	112	1	1	53	0	1093
2017	371	43	521	132	1	1	53	0	1122
2018	392	48	504	164	1	1	58	0	1168
2019	412	57	547	155	1	3	1	0	1176
2020	399	46	527	192	1	1	71	0	1237
2021	376	51	508	204	1	1	75	0	1216
2022	346	54	490	224	0	0	182	0	1296
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1363	1363
2024	332	58	528	212	0	0	266	0	1396

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

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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 Porter Ranch Community

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2013	718	29.0	24.7	8.1
2014	926	35.0	26.4	10.2
2015	1051	40.0	26.2	10.8
2016	1093	42.0	26.0	9.1
2017	1122	47.0	23.8	10.3
2018	1168	44.5	26.2	14.4
2019	1176	47.0	25.0	14
2020	1237	n/a	n/a	16.7
2021	1216	48.0	25.3	19
2022	1296	48.5	26.7	19.6
2023	1363	53.0	25.7	18.3
2024	1396	56.0	24.9	18.3

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 Porter Ranch Community

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2013	718	29.0	24.7	8.1
2014	926	35.0	26.4	10.2
2015	1051	40.0	26.2	10.8
2016	1093	42.0	26.0	9.1
2017	1122	47.0	23.8	10.3
2018	1168	44.5	26.2	14.4
2019	1176	47.0	25.0	14
2020	1237	n/a	n/a	16.7
2021	1216	48.0	25.3	19
2022	1296	48.5	26.7	19.6
2023	1363	53.0	25.7	18.3
2024	1396	56.0	24.9	18.3

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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