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Enrollment
799
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001919
Balboa Elementary
1844 Bel Aire Dr., Glendale, CA 91201 · (818) 241-1801 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
25.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
481 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
47.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.4pp since 2014
Math
48.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.4% | 22.2% | 22.7% | 29.6% |
| Math | 22.8% | 26.1% | 25.1% | 26.1% |
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 | 47.6% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 49.5% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 52.1% |
| 2021-22 | 55.9% | 52.7% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 52.9% |
| 2017-18 | 55.0% | 51.6% |
| 2016-17 | 52.5% | 41.9% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Balboa Elementary
Balboa Elementary's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balboa Elementary this school | 799 | 60.2% | 48.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Glendale | 815 | 62.7% | 47.4% |
| R. D. White Elementary Glendale | 948 | 62.4% | 50.4% |
| Evergreen Elementary Cottonwood | 541 | 60.1% | 52.0% |
| Gateway International Sacramento | 628 | 65.6% | N/A |
| Vista Grande Elementary El Cajon | 633 | 61.3% | 50.9% |
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 Balboa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,847 of 5,151 | #419 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,666 of 5,172 ▼ 113 | #389 of 1,129 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #2,222 of 5,172 ▼ 118 | #518 of 1,129 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #412 of 5,116 | #62 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #389 of 5,915 | #62 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,409 of 5,352 | #995 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #4,581 of 5,354 | #929 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #3,471 of 5,625 | #937 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #3,463 of 3,837 | #886 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
799
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 799 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 60% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 806 | 33 | 24.4:1 | 59% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 886 | 32 | 27.7:1 | 56% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 31 | 27.0:1 | 56% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 30 | 27.7:1 | 61% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 28 | 28.1:1 | 52% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | N/A | N/A | 55% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 771 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 61% (470) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 27 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Balboa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (830 to 799); teachers up 7% (30 to 32).
About Balboa Elementary
Balboa Elementary is a large elementary school in Glendale, California, under Glendale Unified. It had 799 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
In Glendale Unified, 32 schools enroll a combined 25,294 students.
At Balboa Elementary, 91% of students are White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 31% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Balboa Elementary outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Balboa Elementary's results are 3.9 points above predicted: 48.2% against 44.3%.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Joaquin Miller Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Balboa Elementary places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 27.0:1 to 25.0:1.
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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 Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
Other Balboa Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Balboa Elementary. Balboa Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Balboa ElementarySan Diego, CA · 457 students
- Balboa ElementarySpokane, WA · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Joaquin Miller Elementary0.6 mi · 730
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.7 mi · 815
- Burbank USD Community Day1.1 mi · 26
- Mark Keppel Elementary1.3 mi · 955
- Herbert Hoover High1.3 mi · 1,590
- Eleanor J. Toll Middle1.4 mi · 1,412
Frequently asked questions
About Balboa ElementaryHow many students attend Balboa Elementary?
Balboa Elementary enrolls approximately 799 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Balboa Elementary serve?
Balboa Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Balboa Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Balboa Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Balboa Elementary?
Student demographics at Balboa Elementary are roughly 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Balboa Elementary in?
Balboa Elementary is part of Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.