Don Julian Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in La Puente, California, Don Julian Elementary works with 544 students from grades K through 8, part of Bassett Unified.

Bassett Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,798 students; Don Julian Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Don Julian Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Don Julian Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Don Julian Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 36.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Don Julian Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wallen L. Andrews, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Don Julian Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Don Julian Elementary has climbed 15%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 544 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.