Enrollment
220
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST COVINA UNIFIED·NCES 064200006874
California Elementary
1125 Bainbridge, West Covina, CA 91790 · (626) 939-4800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
19.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
199 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 57 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 21% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
California Elementary→Walnut Grove Intermediate
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Covina Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.5pp since 2014
Math
44.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.3% | 22.2% | 21.3% | 37.2% |
| Math | 20.4% | 23.7% | 25.6% | 30.3% |
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 | 41.5% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 37.7% |
| 2022-23 | 38.2% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.1% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 58.5% | 48.7% |
| 2017-18 | 45.6% | 35.2% |
| 2016-17 | 33.4% | 31.8% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 California Elementary
California Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Elementary this school | 220 | 90.5% | 41.1% |
| Wescove Elementary West Covina | 224 | 86.6% | N/A |
| Biola-Pershing Elementary Fresno | 198 | 92.4% | 40.9% |
| Vinedale College Preparatory Academy Sun Valley | 207 | 90.8% | 19.2% |
| Rise Kohyang Elementary Los Angeles | 278 | 88.5% | N/A |
| Dorris Place Elementary Los Angeles | 230 | 83.5% | 56.3% |
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 California Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,383 of 5,151 | #573 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,992 of 5,172 ▲ 378 | #492 of 1,129 ▲ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,767 of 5,172 ▲ 52 | #668 of 1,129 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #684 of 5,116 | #251 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #5,267 of 5,915 | #1,192 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #709 of 5,352 | #213 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #3,511 of 5,354 | #620 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #1,045 of 5,625 | #433 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #200 of 3,837 | #100 of 947 |
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
220
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 220 | 11.3 | 19.4:1 | 90% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 11.7 | 18.8:1 | 79% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 10.4 | 21.0:1 | 81% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 10 | 24.1:1 | 84% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 16.4 | 21.7:1 | 81% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 16 | 24.3:1 | 78% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | N/A | N/A | 69% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 42% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 14 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for California Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (355 to 220); teachers down 31% (16.4 to 11.3).
About California Elementary
West Covina, California, is home to California Elementary, a small elementary school. Federal data show 220 students enrolled in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
West Covina Unified enrolls 7,703 students in 15 schools, including California Elementary.
More than half of enrollment at California Elementary is Hispanic: 77%. Next come 14% Asian, 4% White, and 4% Black. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, California Elementary scores 39%.
California Elementary reports a ratio of 19.4 students per teacher, from 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at California Elementary, 90% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, California Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
California Elementary outperforms its prediction by 14.5 points. The model expects 26.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 41.1%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include California Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Wescove Elementary is about 0.5 miles from California Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, California Elementary is ahead of the 35.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, California Elementary enrolled 241 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 220. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.1:1 to 19.4:1.
People who know California Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 West Covina Unified
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- Hollencrest MiddleMiddle · 737 students
- Edgewood HighHigh · 712 students
- Merced ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Edgewood MiddleMiddle · 597 students
- Orangewood ElementaryElementary · 580 students
Other schools in West Covina
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- South Hills HighHigh · 1,568 students
- San Jose Charter AcademyElementary · 1,255 students
- Mesa ElementaryElementary · 753 students
- Hollencrest MiddleMiddle · 737 students
- Edgewood HighHigh · 712 students
Other California Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named California Elementary. California Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- California ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 373 students
- California ElementaryLa Puente, CA · 317 students
- CALIFORNIA ELEM.CALIFORNIA, MO · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Wescove Elementary0.5 mi · 224
- Edgewood Middle0.5 mi · 597
- Edgewood High0.5 mi · 712
- Orangewood Elementary0.5 mi · 580
- Baldwin Academy0.6 mi · 519
- Walnut Grove Intermediate0.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About California ElementaryHow large is California Elementary?
California Elementary enrolls approximately 220 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does California Elementary serve?
California Elementary serves grades 03-06.
How many teachers does California Elementary have?
California Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at California Elementary?
Student demographics at California Elementary are roughly 4% White, 77% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is California Elementary public or private?
California Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Covina Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.