Carver (Charles J.) Elementary

Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Cerritos, California, overseen by ABC Unified, with 444 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within ABC Unified, which oversees 30 schools and 17,570 students, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.5%; Carver (Charles J.) Elementary posts 67.0%, +20.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nixon (Patricia) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carver (Charles J.) Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carver (Charles J.) Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.5%.

Carver (Charles J.) Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Carver (Charles J.) Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 444). Black enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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