Collegewood Elementary

Collegewood Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Walnut Valley, California, overseen by Walnut Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Collegewood Elementary sits 30% above that benchmark.

Walnut Valley Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 13,992 students. Collegewood Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Collegewood Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Collegewood Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Collegewood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 61.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Collegewood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Collegewood Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

Collegewood Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Collegewood Elementary has edged up 9%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 8% to 3% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.