Camino Grove Elementary

Set in Arcadia, California, Camino Grove Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, overseen by Arcadia Unified. It caters to 695 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Arcadia Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 9,061 students, Camino Grove Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Camino Grove Elementary lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Camino Grove Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Camino Grove Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 62.1%; actual is 81.0%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camino Grove Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Richard Henry Dana Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Camino Grove Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Camino Grove Elementary has rose 11%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Camino Grove Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.