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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001920
Cerritos Elementary
120 East Cerritos Ave., Glendale, CA 91205 · (818) 244-7207 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
310 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
32.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.5% | 26.5% | 20.1% | 35.8% |
| Math | 12.9% | 19.2% | 30.3% | 37.6% |
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 | 44.0% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 35.9% |
| 2022-23 | 50.8% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 42.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.6% | 43.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.1% | 32.5% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Cerritos Elementary
Cerritos Elementary's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos Elementary this school | 490 | 63.3% | 39.1% |
| James Earl Carter Elementary Palm Desert | 487 | 63.2% | 55.2% |
| New Haven Elementary Manteca | 514 | 61.7% | 32.8% |
| Prado View Elementary Corona | 570 | 61.9% | 53.0% |
| Tremont Elementary Dixon | 514 | 63.4% | 34.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Clovis | 556 | 66.7% | 51.1% |
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 Cerritos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,573 of 5,151 | #628 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,013 of 5,172 ▼ 501 | #785 of 1,129 ▼ 177 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,548 of 5,172 ▼ 244 | #612 of 1,129 ▼ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.1pp | #90 of 5,116 | #12 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #2,555 of 5,915 | #514 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,097 of 5,352 | #931 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,451 of 5,354 | #224 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #3,319 of 5,625 | #914 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.1% | #196 of 1,139 | #36 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
490
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 490 | 20 | 24.5:1 | 63% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 18 | 26.6:1 | 71% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 18 | 26.3:1 | 68% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 18 | 24.9:1 | 73% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 15 | 26.5:1 | 84% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 16 | 26.6:1 | 84% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | N/A | N/A | 84% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 80% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 15 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cerritos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (398 to 490); teachers up 33% (15 to 20).
About Cerritos Elementary
Cerritos Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Glendale, California. The school serves 490 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
The district for Cerritos Elementary is Glendale Unified, with 32 schools and 25,294 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Cerritos Elementary, at 49%. Other groups make up 33% White, 14% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 48% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Cerritos Elementary's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.5:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 63%.
Cerritos Elementary scores 39.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The closest public school to Cerritos Elementary is Theodore Roosevelt Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Cerritos Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Cerritos Elementary climbed 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 448 to 490 students.
The Cerritos Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Glendale Unified
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- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
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Other Cerritos Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Cerritos Elementary. Cerritos Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cerritos ElementaryCerritos, CA · 612 students
- Cerritos ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Theodore Roosevelt Middle0.6 mi · 842
- Atwater Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 332
- Horace Mann Elementary0.8 mi · 672
- Glenfeliz Boulevard Elementary0.8 mi · 189
- Fletcher Drive Elementary0.9 mi · 156
- Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High0.9 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Cerritos ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cerritos Elementary?
Cerritos Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cerritos Elementary serve?
Cerritos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cerritos Elementary have?
Cerritos Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
How diverse is Cerritos Elementary?
Cerritos Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 49% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cerritos Elementary?
Cerritos Elementary is overseen by Glendale Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.