Baldwin Academy

Baldwin Academy, a mid-sized primary school in La Puente, California, overseen by Hacienda la Puente Unified, works with 519 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 35 schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified (16,260 students total), Baldwin Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Baldwin Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Baldwin Academy records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Baldwin Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.8%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Baldwin Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: California Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baldwin Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Baldwin Academy at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Baldwin Academy's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 654 (now 519). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 92% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 25.9:1 in 2025.

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