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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED·NCES 063750006332
Arroyo Vista Elementary
335 El Centro St., South Pasadena, CA 91030 · (626) 441-5840 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
25.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
116 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within South Pasadena Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
85.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
82.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.0% | 22.4% | 8.1% | 6.4% |
| Math | 56.6% | 25.5% | 11.5% | 6.4% |
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 | 85.4% | 82.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 78.4% |
| 2022-23 | 80.6% | 80.5% |
| 2021-22 | 78.8% | 76.0% |
| 2018-19 | 86.5% | 83.4% |
| 2017-18 | 85.3% | 82.2% |
| 2016-17 | 85.1% | 85.0% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Vista Elementary
Arroyo Vista Elementary's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Vista Elementary this school | 667 | 17.4% | 82.1% |
| Towers Elementary Torrance | 599 | 20.5% | 77.1% |
| Altamont Creek Elementary Livermore | 620 | 15.6% | 66.5% |
| Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County Mission Viejo | 704 | 12.6% | N/A |
| Willow Grove Elementary San Diego | 701 | 14.1% | 81.3% |
| Stevenson Ranch Elementary Stevenson Ranch | 764 | 21.9% | 86.2% |
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 Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #149 of 5,151 | #37 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #168 of 5,172 ▲ 121 | #34 of 1,129 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #94 of 5,172 ▲ 52 | #23 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #1,302 of 5,116 | #403 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #916 of 5,915 | #160 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,570 of 5,352 | #1,035 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #191 of 5,354 | #28 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #5,241 of 5,625 | #1,225 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #3,094 of 3,837 | #822 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
667
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 667 | 26.4 | 25.3:1 | 17% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 27.4 | 25.5:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 29.4 | 24.5:1 | 17% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 29 | 24.7:1 | 17% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 30 | 23.4:1 | 10% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | N/A | N/A | 11% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 26 | 21.0:1 | 15% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 17 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arroyo Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (716 to 667); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.4).
About Arroyo Vista Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Arroyo Vista Elementary serves students in South Pasadena, California. Its 667 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 43% larger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Arroyo Vista Elementary is a school in South Pasadena Unified. The district has 5 schools and 4,652 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Arroyo Vista Elementary. The largest is Asian students, at 31%. The remaining shares are 30% White, 21% Hispanic, and 18% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Los Angeles County's population at about 15%. Arroyo Vista Elementary's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 25.3:1 comes from the school's 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 17% of students at Arroyo Vista Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Arroyo Vista Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Arroyo Vista Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 82.1% is 12.8 points above the 69.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Los Angeles County census figures show that the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The shortest distance from Arroyo Vista Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to San Pascual Elem Sci Tech Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 82.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 687 in 2020-21 to 667 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 23.7:1 to 25.3:1.
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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 South Pasadena Unified
- South Pasadena Senior HighHigh · 1,536 students
- South Pasadena MiddleMiddle · 1,096 students
- Marengo ElementaryElementary · 783 students
- Monterey Hills ElementaryElementary · 570 students
Other schools in South Pasadena
- South Pasadena Senior HighHigh · 1,536 students
- South Pasadena MiddleMiddle · 1,096 students
- Marengo ElementaryElementary · 783 students
- Monterey Hills ElementaryElementary · 570 students
Other Arroyo Vista Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Arroyo Vista Elementary. Arroyo Vista Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Arroyo Vista ElementaryRancho Santa Margarita, CA · 508 students
Nearby schools
- San Pascual Elem Sci Tech Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet0.5 mi · 249
- Monterey Hills Elementary0.7 mi · 570
- South Pasadena Senior High0.8 mi · 1,536
- Garvanza Elementary School Technology and Leadership Magnet0.9 mi · 239
- Luther Burbank Mid Sch Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet1.0 mi · 824
- South Pasadena Middle1.1 mi · 1,096
Frequently asked questions
About Arroyo Vista ElementaryHow large is Arroyo Vista Elementary?
Arroyo Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 667 students in grades KG-05.
Is Arroyo Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arroyo Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arroyo Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arroyo Vista Elementary is approximately 25.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arroyo Vista Elementary?
At Arroyo Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 31% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Arroyo Vista Elementary in?
Arroyo Vista Elementary is part of South Pasadena Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.