Summary
Lanai Road Elementary is a 566-student K–5 school in Encino, within Los Angeles Unified and near several other elementary schools. In 2025–2026, its students performed well above state and district proficiency rates in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. Its most important distinction is strong results in all three subjects, with math its clearest advantage.
Compared with nine nearby K–5 schools, Lanai Road ranked fourth in ELA, third in math, and fourth in science. Its proficiency rates were 12 points above the nearby-school average in ELA, 16 points above in math, and 13 points above in science. Math was also its strongest subject relative to the state and district: 79% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide and 40% in the district. ELA proficiency was 77% (49% statewide, 48% district), and science was 65% (36% statewide, 32% district). A notable weakness within the school is the drop in math results from 87% proficiency in third grade to 70% in fifth grade. In science, Roscomare Road Elementary, Academy for Enriched Sciences, and Kester Avenue Elementary all scored higher.
Results are lower at the end of the available four-year period than at the start: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, Lanai Road’s ELA proficiency fell 4 points, math fell 5, and science fell 7, even as its lead over the state narrowed. The year-to-year path varied: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 7 points, math fell 2, and science rose 2. SchoolDigger ranked Lanai Road 303rd of 5,804 California schools, at the 95th percentile and with 5 stars; it was third among the nearby schools by percentile. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 23.5, among the higher local ratios. The school reported 10% of students as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, the lowest share among nearby schools.
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