Carlthorp School
Private · Grades K–6 · 280 students
Canyon Charter Elementary
421 Entrada Dr., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
391
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
23 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Los Angeles Unified
Los Angeles County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Canyon Charter Elementary
Canyon Charter Elementary is a charter elementary school in Santa Monica, California, serving grades K–5. It is part of Los Angeles Unified. The school is located in a large city in Los Angeles County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 391 students were enrolled, with about 23 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Los Angeles Unified. Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 391 students
- Students per teacher
- 23 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Los Angeles Unified
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Los Angeles Unified
- County
- Los Angeles County
- NCES school ID
- 062271002894
Schools near Canyon Charter Elementary
All 24 schools in Santa Monica →
Roosevelt Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 552 students
St. Monica Catholic Elementary School
Private · Grades K–8 · 287 students
Corpus Christi Elementary School
Private · Grades K–8 · 148 students
Village School
Private · Grades K–6 · 294 students
Sycamore Community School
Private · Grades K–7 · 92 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.