Cypress Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Covina, California, Cypress Elementary enrolls 558 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Covina-Valley Unified.

Across the 17 schools in Covina-Valley Unified (11,028 students total), Cypress Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cypress Elementary shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Asian, 5% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Cypress Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cypress Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 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 Cypress Elementary is one.

Fairvalley High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cypress Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cypress Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cypress Elementary's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 714 (now 558). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.