Hart Elementary

Hart Street Elementary School is a pre-kindergarten to 5th grade primary school establishment located in the west San Fernando Valley. The school was founded in 1958 and operates on a 4 track 90/30 year round calendar. Hart Elementary is a member of the LAUSD and is a School for Advanced Studies. All classrooms are equipped with 2-8 Internet access computers. In pre-k through grade 2 the English Language Learners also receive additional support in the Riordan Computer Lab which is especially set up to assist with language acquisition.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 738, which corresponds to a state rank of 5 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2006).

School Statistics

100% of Hart Elementary's teachers have full teaching credentials. They also average 13 years in teaching experience, and 13 average years teaching in the district. Only 4% of Hart's faculty are first year teachers...the school's average class size is 19 for kindergarten, 20 for grades 1, 2 and 3, 28 for grade 4, and 30 for grade 5.

The school's Students per paraprofessional staff ratio is 47, the Students per office/clerical staff ratio is 179, while the Students per other classified staff ratio is 112...majority of the student body is of Hispanic or Latino descent. Other race/ethnicities that make up the rest of the school enrollees are 4% Asian, 2% African American, 2% White, and 1% Filipino.