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How has Carver Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 744 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARINO UNIFIED·NCES 063486005884
Carver Elementary
3100 Huntington Dr., San Marino, CA 91108 · (626) 299-7080 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
21.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
84 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 171 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (171) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Based on grade levels within San Marino Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
88.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
87.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 70.2% | 18.6% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| Math | 67.1% | 20.2% | 11.6% | 1.1% |
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 | 88.8% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 89.1% | 90.4% |
| 2022-23 | 90.5% | 85.7% |
| 2021-22 | 88.9% | 82.1% |
| 2020-21 | 84.3% | 86.2% |
| 2018-19 | 92.1% | 91.6% |
| 2017-18 | 90.9% | 91.4% |
| 2016-17 | 91.0% | 90.7% |
| 2015-16 | 91.0% | 91.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
88.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% 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 16 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 Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (88.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 777 | 10.8% | 88.9% |
| Loma Ridge Elementary Irvine | 766 | 11.5% | 71.5% |
| Canyon View Elementary Irvine | 764 | 12.3% | 79.6% |
| Donlon Elementary Pleasanton | 700 | 10.4% | 78.8% |
| Fairlands Elementary Pleasanton | 670 | 10.6% | 76.5% |
| Valentine Elementary San Marino | 711 | 11.3% | 88.4% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #28 of 5,151 | #5 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #54 of 5,172 ▼ 31 | #11 of 1,129 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #32 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #9 of 1,129 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,449 of 5,116 | #617 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #448 of 5,915 | #76 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,876 of 5,352 | #541 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #2,656 of 5,354 | #427 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.8% | #5,450 of 5,625 | #1,258 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.5% | #161 of 1,139 | #31 of 181 |
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
777
+182 (+31%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 777 | 36 | 21.6:1 | 11% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 12% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 28 | 22.9:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 28 | 21.3:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 29 | 21.2:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | N/A | N/A | 2% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 19 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (614 to 777); teachers up 24% (29 to 36).
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in San Marino, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 777 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 67% above that mark.
The 4 schools in San Marino Unified enroll 3,083 students altogether, Carver Elementary among them.
About 67% of the student body at Carver Elementary is Asian. Other groups make up 13% White, 13% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 15% of Los Angeles County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
The school's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. At Carver Elementary, 11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Carver Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools.
Carver Elementary is 15.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Carver Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, San Marino High is about 0.5 miles from Carver Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Carver Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 31%.
The Carver Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 San Marino Unified
- San Marino HighHigh · 886 students
- Valentine ElementaryElementary · 711 students
- Huntington MiddleMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in San Marino
- San Marino HighHigh · 886 students
- Valentine ElementaryElementary · 711 students
- Huntington MiddleMiddle · 709 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 4th largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 562 students
- Carver ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 293 students
- Carver ElementarySan Diego, CA · 187 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
Nearby schools
- San Marino High0.5 mi · 886
- Wilson Elementary0.5 mi · 379
- Emperor Elementary0.9 mi · 650
- CIS Academy1.2 mi · 234
- Rose City High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 113
- Aveson Global Leadership Academy1.2 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryHow many students attend Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-05.
Is Carver Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carver Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Carver Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Carver Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Elementary?
At Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 67% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Marino Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.