Charles H. Lee Elementary

Charles H. Lee Elementary is one of the small primary schools in Azusa, California, operated by Azusa Unified, with 378 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Azusa Unified comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,028 students; Charles H. Lee Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Charles H. Lee Elementary records that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Charles H. Lee Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Charles H. Lee Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Charles H. Lee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Azusa High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles H. Lee Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles H. Lee Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 27%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

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