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What advice would you give to incoming students at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUARTE UNIFIED·NCES 061152001283
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)
1212 East Kellwil Way, Duarte, CA 91010 · (626) 599-5200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- B-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
20.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
394 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 37% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
36.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.0pp since 2014
Math
29.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 23.7% | 27.2% | 36.8% |
| Math | 9.2% | 20.5% | 25.1% | 45.2% |
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 | 36.0% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.4% | 28.7% |
| 2020-21 | 33.6% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 29.0% |
| 2017-18 | 44.2% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 44.7% | 43.5% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)'s state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) this school | 470 | 83.8% | 31.8% |
| R. O. Hardin Elementary Hollister | 461 | 84.4% | 12.4% |
| Otay Elementary Chula Vista | 455 | 84.6% | 35.6% |
| Marina West Elementary Oxnard | 440 | 84.3% | 29.7% |
| Emilie Ritchen Elementary Oxnard | 445 | 84.7% | 37.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Lindsay | 473 | 82.7% | 28.6% |
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 Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,296 of 5,151 | #825 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,253 of 5,172 ▲ 158 | #847 of 1,129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,328 of 5,172 ▼ 27 | #806 of 1,129 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,565 of 5,116 | #266 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #2,792 of 5,915 | #562 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,061 of 5,352 | #322 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #4,667 of 5,354 | #961 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,790 of 5,625 | #621 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #146 of 1,139 | #25 of 181 |
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
470
+42 (+10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 470 | 23.2 | 20.3:1 | 84% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 62% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 24.1 | 20.0:1 | 69% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 17 | 25.2:1 | 85% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 17.2 | 21.4:1 | 87% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 14 | 25.8:1 | 80% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 87% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 89% (506) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 22 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8).
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (368 to 470); teachers up 35% (17.2 to 23.2).
About Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)
As a mid-sized elementary school, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) serves students in Duarte, California. It has an enrollment of 470 students in kindergarten through 8.
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) reports to Duarte Unified, which has 6 schools and 2,949 students.
Hispanic students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% White and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) are from different groups.
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) has 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 84% at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8). The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 14 points.
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)'s lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 30.4%. Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) scores 31.8%, 1.4 points above that line.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8), Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Maxwell Academy (PK-8) is about 0.5 miles from Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8), the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used 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, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) had a net gain of 42 students, or 10%. The ratio was 25.2:1 in 2020-21 and 20.3:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8). Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Nearby schools
- Maxwell Academy (PK-8)0.5 mi · 504
- Opportunities for Learning - Duarte0.7 mi · 224
- Duarte High0.8 mi · 756
- California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley0.8 mi · 974
- Mountain Park1.0 mi · 51
- Canyon Oaks High1.0 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)How many students attend Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)?
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) serve?
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) is approximately 20.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)?
At Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8), the student body is approximately 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) public or private?
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) is a public K-12 school, overseen by Duarte Unified.
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