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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Ben Lomond Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 061005001088
Ben Lomond Elementary
621 East Covina Blvd., Covina, CA 91722 · (626) 974-4101 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- B-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
22.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
380 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
43.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
35.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.6% | 22.9% | 23.3% | 33.2% |
| Math | 15.2% | 20.1% | 33.5% | 31.3% |
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 | 43.5% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 40.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 27.7% |
| 2018-19 | 55.3% | 43.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.5% | 32.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.4% | 38.9% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Ben Lomond Elementary
Ben Lomond Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lomond Elementary this school | 506 | 75.1% | 41.0% |
| Richard Bard Elementary Port Hueneme | 539 | 74.8% | 26.8% |
| Mango Elementary Fontana | 523 | 73.2% | 27.6% |
| Maxwell Academy (PK-8) Duarte | 504 | 74.2% | 36.2% |
| Barranca Elementary Covina | 529 | 75.4% | 50.9% |
| Grant Elementary Richmond | 551 | 73.7% | 6.2% |
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 Ben Lomond Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,385 of 5,151 | #574 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #2,718 of 5,172 ▼ 535 | #691 of 1,129 ▼ 175 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,594 of 5,172 ▼ 335 | #623 of 1,129 ▼ 109 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,395 of 5,116 | #606 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #2,352 of 5,915 | #475 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,573 of 5,352 | #675 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #3,815 of 5,354 | #698 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #2,609 of 5,625 | #798 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #556 of 1,139 | #93 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
506
+77 (+18%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 506 | 22.5 | 22.5:1 | 75% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 81% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 19.5 | 21.5:1 | 70% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 76% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 20.6 | 22.6:1 | 79% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 17 | 28.4:1 | 81% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 68% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 50% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 20 | 29.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben Lomond Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (465 to 506); teachers up 9% (20.6 to 22.5).
About Ben Lomond Elementary
Ben Lomond Elementary is an elementary school in Covina, California, and it is part of Covina-Valley Unified. It reported 506 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Covina-Valley Unified (17 schools, 11,028 students) runs Ben Lomond Elementary.
At Ben Lomond Elementary, 81% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 7% Asian, 5% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for Ben Lomond Elementary is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 22.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%.
Among California public elementary schools, Ben Lomond Elementary outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ben Lomond Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.0%; the prediction is 35.5%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Ben Lomond Elementary.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Cedargrove Elementary, is the closest to Ben Lomond Elementary. Ben Lomond Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 43.0%, higher than Ben Lomond Elementary's 41.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
An 18% rise took enrollment from 429 in 2020-21 to 506 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.5:1) than in 2020-21 (21.4:1).
This page is set up for the Ben Lomond Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Covina-Valley Unified
- South Hills HighHigh · 1,568 students
- Northview HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Covina HighHigh · 1,056 students
- Las Palmas MiddleMiddle · 887 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Mesa ElementaryElementary · 753 students
Other schools in Covina
- Gladstone MiddleMiddle · 1,326 students
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Northview HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Covina HighHigh · 1,056 students
- Las Palmas MiddleMiddle · 887 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Cedargrove Elementary0.8 mi · 569
- Charter Oak High1.0 mi · 1,259
- Cypress Elementary1.0 mi · 558
- Sierra High1.0 mi · 119
- Washington Elementary1.2 mi · 421
- Sierra Vista Middle1.2 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Ben Lomond ElementaryHow large is Ben Lomond Elementary?
Ben Lomond Elementary enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ben Lomond Elementary serve?
Ben Lomond Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ben Lomond Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ben Lomond Elementary is approximately 22.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ben Lomond Elementary?
Ben Lomond Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 81% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ben Lomond Elementary?
Ben Lomond Elementary is overseen by Covina-Valley Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.