Bragg Elementary

Bragg Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Cerritos, California, operated by ABC Unified. The school educates 602 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 30 schools in ABC Unified (17,570 students total), Bragg Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bragg Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bragg Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bragg Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.0%; actual is 67.5%, +22.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bragg Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bragg Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bragg Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Bragg Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 651 (now 602). Asian enrollment moved from 42% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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