Coolidge Elementary

Coolidge Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in San Gabriel, California, one of the schools within San Gabriel Unified. Current enrollment sits at 232 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Coolidge Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by San Gabriel Unified, a district that instructs 4,482 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Coolidge Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 35% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% White. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Coolidge Elementary lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Coolidge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coolidge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Coolidge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coolidge Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coolidge Elementary has declined 35%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 232 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 9% to 3% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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