Cerritos Elementary

Cerritos Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Cerritos, California, operated by ABC Unified, teacheing 612 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

ABC Unified comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 17,570 students; Cerritos Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Cerritos Elementary reports that Asian students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at Cerritos Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Cerritos Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 83.3%, a residual of +25.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Cerritos Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cerritos Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 75.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Cerritos Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 666 (now 612).

On the community side, members of the Cerritos Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.