Cameron Elementary

Cameron Elementary, a compact primary school in West Covina, California, operated by West Covina Unified, teaches 363 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cameron Elementary sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

West Covina Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,703 students; Cameron Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cameron Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cameron Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Cameron Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is West Covina High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cameron Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cameron Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Cameron Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 363). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.

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