Vernon City Elementary

Vernon City Elementary School is a public primary school located in East Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Vernon was established in 1928 and serves pre-kindergarten through 5th grade levels. The school is part of Local District 6 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and follows a traditional single track school calendar. As stated on its webpage, Vernon is "An Award Winning Arts Prototype School Providing Instruction in Drama - Visual Arts - Dance and Making Connections to the Curriculum."

The "Home of the Soaring Eagles" housed 222 students in school year 2005-06. The student body is comprised of entirely Hispanic/Latino children as of 2005-06. 93% of these students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. All of the school's 66% English language learners use Spanish as their Home Language.

Average Class Size

• Kindergarten: 12
• Grade 1: 21
• Grade 2: 21
• Grade 3: 17
• Grade 4: 25
• Grade 5: 24

Student-Staff Ratio

• Students per paraprofessional staff: 56
• Students per office/clerical staff: 74
• Students per other classified staff: 74