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Which teacher or staff member at Arroyo Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POMONA UNIFIED·NCES 063132004837
Arroyo Elementary
1605 West Arroyo Ave., Pomona, CA 91768 · (909) 397-4568 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
450 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 112 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 107% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 17.4% | 27.4% | 48.7% |
| Math | 4.8% | 13.0% | 35.1% | 47.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.9% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 15.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 17.3% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 22.0% |
| 2017-18 | 26.9% | 19.1% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 12.3% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 10.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arroyo Elementary
Arroyo Elementary's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Elementary this school | 479 | 93.9% | 22.4% |
| Lehigh Elementary Montclair | 477 | 93.7% | 29.7% |
| Leo Politi Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 94.4% | 23.3% |
| Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #4 Los Angeles | 475 | 92.4% | N/A |
| Teresa Burke Elementary Wasco | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
| San Vicente Elementary Soledad | 501 | 92.8% | 17.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arroyo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,355 of 5,151 | #1,043 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,501 of 5,172 ▼ 597 | #1,075 of 1,129 ▼ 117 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,579 of 5,172 ▼ 312 | #1,072 of 1,129 ▼ 71 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,580 of 5,116 | #273 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #2,694 of 5,915 | #540 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,021 of 5,352 | #573 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #4,912 of 5,354 | #1,047 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #584 of 5,625 | #273 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #1,891 of 3,837 | #593 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
479
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 993
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 21.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 479 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 94% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 95% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 21 | 22.3:1 | 96% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 97% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 23 | 24.8:1 | 94% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 23 | 24.7:1 | 95% (541) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | N/A | N/A | 92% (705) |
| 2000-01 | 1,171 | 59 | 19.9:1 | 86% (1,007) |
| 1990-91 | 993 | 36 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arroyo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (571 to 479); teachers down 4% (23 to 22).
About Arroyo Elementary
Arroyo Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Pomona, California. The school enrolls 479 students in kindergarten through 6.
Pomona Unified is the local district for Arroyo Elementary. It runs 37 schools with 20,422 students.
Hispanic students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
Arroyo Elementary reported 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.8:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Roughly 94% of students at Arroyo Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Arroyo Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 19% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Arroyo Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 22.4% actual against 24.5% predicted.
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Arroyo Elementary.
Marshall Middle sits about 0.3 miles from Arroyo Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Arroyo Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Arroyo Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Arroyo Elementary had a net loss of 37 students, or 7%.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pomona Unified
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other schools in Pomona
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other Arroyo Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Arroyo Elementary. Arroyo Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Arroyo ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 585 students
- Arroyo ElementaryOntario, CA · 493 students
- Arroyo ElementarySimi Valley, CA · 264 students
- Arroyo Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Middle0.3 mi · 249
- Cortez Elementary0.4 mi · 607
- Ganesha High0.5 mi · 895
- Roosevelt Elementary1.1 mi · 529
- Westmont Elementary1.2 mi · 327
- Lopez Elementary1.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Arroyo ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Arroyo Elementary?
Arroyo Elementary enrolls approximately 479 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Arroyo Elementary serve?
Arroyo Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arroyo Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arroyo Elementary is approximately 21.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Arroyo Elementary?
Arroyo Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Arroyo Elementary?
Arroyo Elementary is overseen by Pomona Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.