Cortez Elementary

Cortez Elementary, a medium-sized elementary campus in Pomona, California, one of the schools within Pomona Unified, teaches 607 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Pomona Unified runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 20,422 students. Cortez Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cortez Elementary lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cortez Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cortez Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Cortez Elementary is one.

Arroyo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cortez Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 23.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cortez Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 710 (now 607). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

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