Canfield Elementary

Canfield Avenue Elementary School is a public school located in Airdrome Street, Los Angeles, California. A member of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Canfield Elementary started operating in 1927 has since continued to offer quality education for kindergarten to 5th grade students in a single track calendar year. As stated on the school's mission, Canfield aims to develop the intellectual, physical, emotional and creative capacities of each student enrolled in their institution and in order to attain this, teachers, parents, community and staff work together to educate all students to succeed to their fullest potential, and encourage them to be life-long learners in a culturally diverse and technologically based society.

School Statistics

The Canfield faculty has an average rating of 96% in full credential, a few notches above the state average of 94%. In terms of experience, their teachers is up to par with the 13 year state average in teaching experience, with only 4% of the faculty being first year teachers.

The average class size for kindergarten is 20, 19 for both grades 1 & 2, 21 for grade 3, 30 for grade 4, and 25 for grade 5. Canfield's 17.70 also ranks #17 among 224 elementary schools in Los Angeles based on Students per Teacher Ratio. Almost half of the school's population are White (48%), One-fourths are African Americans (25%), 21% are Hispanic/Latino, 5% are Asian, and the rest are American Indians and Filipinos.