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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000008
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary
19200 East Ely St., Cerritos, CA 90703 · (562) 229-7840 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
246 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
63.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.9% | 33.5% | 14.5% | 17.1% |
| Math | 32.5% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 15.5% |
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 | 68.4% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 65.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.5% | 64.2% |
| 2021-22 | 70.2% | 53.2% |
| 2020-21 | 81.3% | 75.0% |
| 2018-19 | 70.3% | 65.9% |
| 2017-18 | 70.4% | 66.3% |
| 2016-17 | 70.4% | 70.7% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 19 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 Carver (Charles J.) Elementary
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver (Charles J.) Elementary this school | 444 | 55.4% | 66.3% |
| Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy Stockton | 448 | 61.8% | N/A |
| Podesta Ranch Elementary Stockton | 406 | 55.7% | 44.2% |
| Bragg Elementary Cerritos | 602 | 58.0% | 68.9% |
| Castro Valley Elementary Castro Valley | 502 | 55.0% | 58.5% |
| Pony Express Elementary Sacramento | 360 | 54.7% | 46.5% |
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 Carver (Charles J.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #824 of 5,151 | #183 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #902 of 5,172 ▼ 97 | #202 of 1,129 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #826 of 5,172 ▼ 36 | #187 of 1,129 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,893 of 5,116 | #516 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #3,100 of 5,915 | #643 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,260 of 5,352 | #778 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #936 of 5,354 | #150 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #3,672 of 5,625 | #963 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #563 of 3,837 | #239 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
444
-160 (-26%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 444 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 55% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 61% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 22.1 | 23.9:1 | 54% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 24 | 25.2:1 | 52% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 24 | 26.3:1 | 47% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 23 | 27.1:1 | 44% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | N/A | N/A | 42% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 43% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver (Charles J.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (632 to 444); teachers down 21% (24 to 19).
About Carver (Charles J.) Elementary
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Cerritos, California. It reports enrollment of 444 students in kindergarten through 6.
ABC Unified counts 30 schools and 17,570 students, including Carver (Charles J.) Elementary.
About 43% of students at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 35% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary reported 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 23.4:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Roughly 55% of students at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, higher than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.3% is 19.2 points above the 47.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Carver (Charles J.) Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Nixon (Patricia) Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Carver (Charles J.) Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 444, from 604 in 2020-21. The ratio was 25.2:1 in 2020-21 and 23.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Cerritos
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.5 mi · 681
- Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle0.6 mi · 542
- Elliott (William F) Elementary0.6 mi · 425
- Cerritos High0.6 mi · 1,996
- Leal (Frank C.) Elementary0.8 mi · 774
- Artesia High0.8 mi · 1,384
Frequently asked questions
About Carver (Charles J.) ElementaryHow many students attend Carver (Charles J.) Elementary?
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-06.
Is Carver (Charles J.) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver (Charles J.) Elementary?
At Carver (Charles J.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 43% Hispanic, 8% Black, 35% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Carver (Charles J.) Elementary?
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.