Dewey Avenue Elementary

Located at 525 Dewey Ave., in San Gabriel, California, Dewey Avenue Elementary is a cozy K-5 school that works with 341 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Garvey Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Dewey Avenue Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Garvey Elementary, a district that enrolls 4,235 students overall.

On demographics, Dewey Avenue Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 43% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 78% of students at Dewey Avenue Elementary qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dewey Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.4%.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dewey Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Gabrielino High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dewey Avenue Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.

Dewey Avenue Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Dewey Avenue Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 341). Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 65% to 43%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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