Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)

Located at 1212 East Kellwil Way, in Duarte, California, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) is a mid-tier elementary campus that instructs 470 students (grades K through 8), part of Duarte Unified.

Duarte Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,949 students. Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder is composed of 3% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) is one.

Nearest neighbor: Maxwell Academy (PK-8), around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8)'s enrollment has rose 28% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 470). Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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