California Elementary

Located at 1111 California Ave., in La Puente, California, California Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that enrolls 317 students (grades K through 5), operated by Hacienda la Puente Unified. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

California Elementary is one of 35 schools operated by Hacienda la Puente Unified, a district that educates 16,260 students overall.

In terms of who attends, California Elementary logs that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, California Elementary shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, California Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 California Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sparks Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), California Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at California Elementary has contracted 8%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the California Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.