{"url":"/ladera-heights/st-jerome-school","provider":{"id":"st-jerome-school","name":"St. Jerome School","kind":"organization","about":"St. Jerome School is a Catholic elementary school in the Ladera Heights area of Los Angeles, run within the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet founded it, and it opened in 1952 with eight classrooms for grades one through eight. A kindergarten was added in 1973. The school is staffed by lay teachers. The federal private school survey for 2023–24 lists 146 students and 12 teachers.","website":"https://st-jeromeschool.org/","phone":"(310) 670-1678","email":null,"instagram":null,"founded":1952,"credentials":["WCEA accredited","WASC accredited"],"languages":[],"image":null},"location":{"id":"main","name":null,"street":"5580 Thornburn St","unit":null,"city":"ladera-heights","zip":"90045","neighborhood":"Ladera Heights","coords":[-118.378371,33.97359],"precision":"exact"},"serviceArea":[],"programs":[{"id":"school","type":"school","name":"St. Jerome School (K–8)","summary":"A Catholic school for kindergarten through eighth grade in Ladera Heights, with an extended care program since 1987.","description":"St. Jerome School is a Catholic school at 5580 Thornburn Street in Ladera Heights, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The school was founded to help parents with the Christian education of their children, and its teachers are lay teachers within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Catholic school system. An Extended Care Program for all students has run since 1987, so care before or after the school day is available. The school received full six-year accreditation from the Western Catholic Education Association and WASC in 2016. The federal private school survey for 2023–24 counts 146 students and 12 teachers, about 12 students for each teacher. Its alumni page says graduates go on to schools such as Loyola High School. As a private school it is tuition-based and not publicly funded.","categories":["private-school"],"ages":{"min":5,"max":14},"grades":{"min":0,"max":8},"school":{"sector":"private","enrollment":146},"traits":{"faith":"faith-based","methods":["religious-instruction"],"includes":["extended-care"],"ratio":12,"groupSize":["class"],"feel":"A Catholic school of about 146 students in Ladera Heights, from kindergarten through eighth grade, with extended care.","topics":["catholic"]}}],"source":{"url":"https://st-jeromeschool.org/","fetched":"2026-10-09"},"updated":"2026-10-09","checked":null,"closed":null,"sample":false}