Alcott Elementary

As a mid-tier primary school in Pomona, California, Alcott Elementary works with 606 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Pomona Unified. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 37 schools in Pomona Unified (20,422 students total), Alcott Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Alcott Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder consists of 7% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alcott Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 21.6%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Alcott Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Simons Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alcott Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alcott Elementary has declined 30%, going from 861 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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