Ada S. Nelson Elementary

Located at 8140 South Vicki Dr., in Whittier, California, Ada S. Nelson Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school that works with 358 students (grades K through 6), run under Los Nietos. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Ada S. Nelson Elementary sits 23% below that benchmark.

Within Los Nietos, which oversees 4 schools and 1,210 students, Ada S. Nelson Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ada S. Nelson Elementary lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ada S. Nelson Elementary reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ada S. Nelson Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 49.5%, a residual of +20.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Ada S. Nelson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pioneer High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ada S. Nelson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.8%.

Ada S. Nelson Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ada S. Nelson Elementary's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 358). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 97% to 92% over that span.

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