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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER OAK UNIFIED·NCES 060819000800
Cedargrove Elementary
1209 North Glendora Ave., Covina, CA 91724 · (626) 966-8675 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
440 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
42.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
36.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.7% | 23.7% | 25.0% | 32.6% |
| Math | 16.2% | 20.3% | 26.0% | 37.5% |
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 | 42.4% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 48.8% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 46.5% | 36.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.6% | 54.8% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 48.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.7% | 45.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Cedargrove Elementary
Cedargrove Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedargrove Elementary this school | 569 | 77.3% | 41.0% |
| Northmead Elementary Patterson | 528 | 76.5% | 37.7% |
| Cypress Elementary Covina | 558 | 79.0% | 39.8% |
| Cunningham Elementary Turlock | 597 | 79.4% | 18.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Hanford | 624 | 78.7% | 54.3% |
| Mineral King Elementary Visalia | 569 | 75.2% | 33.2% |
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 Cedargrove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,393 of 5,151 | #576 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,596 of 5,172 ▼ 248 | #658 of 1,129 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,698 of 5,172 ▼ 587 | #651 of 1,129 ▼ 170 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,211 of 5,116 | #192 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,654 of 5,915 | #323 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,273 of 5,352 | #966 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #3,707 of 5,354 | #673 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #2,430 of 5,625 | #759 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #1,296 of 3,837 | #463 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
569
-48 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 569 | 23 | 24.7:1 | 77% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 23 | 24.7:1 | 78% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 23 | 24.5:1 | 67% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 26 | 23.7:1 | 60% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 29 | 24.9:1 | 65% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 30 | 25.5:1 | 62% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | N/A | N/A | 49% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 930 | 42 | 22.1:1 | 33% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 29 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedargrove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (721 to 569); teachers down 21% (29 to 23).
About Cedargrove Elementary
Cedargrove Elementary is an elementary school located in Covina, California, in Los Angeles County. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 569 students. That is 22% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Cedargrove Elementary falls under Charter Oak Unified, which has 10 schools enrolling 4,296 students.
The largest group at Cedargrove Elementary is Hispanic students, at 80%. Other groups make up 9% White, 5% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Cedargrove Elementary is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 23 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 24.7:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%.
Cedargrove Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.0%, compared with a predicted 34.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Cedargrove Elementary's nearest public school is Charter Oak High (about 0.2 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cedargrove Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 617 to 569. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.7:1 in 2020-21, and 24.7:1 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 Charter Oak Unified
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Royal Oak MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Badillo ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Glen Oak ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 421 students
- Willow ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Covina
- Gladstone MiddleMiddle · 1,326 students
- Charter Oak HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Northview HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Covina HighHigh · 1,056 students
- Las Palmas MiddleMiddle · 887 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Charter Oak High0.2 mi · 1,259
- Ben Lomond Elementary0.8 mi · 506
- Washington Elementary1.0 mi · 421
- Glen Oak Elementary1.1 mi · 428
- Badillo Elementary1.1 mi · 442
- Royal Oak Middle1.2 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Cedargrove ElementaryHow large is Cedargrove Elementary?
Cedargrove Elementary enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cedargrove Elementary serve?
Cedargrove Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedargrove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedargrove Elementary is approximately 24.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cedargrove Elementary?
Cedargrove Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 80% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cedargrove Elementary in?
Cedargrove Elementary is part of Charter Oak Unified.
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