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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASSETT UNIFIED·NCES 060411007263
Don Julian Elementary
13855 Don Julian Rd., La Puente, CA 91746 · (626) 931-2900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
503 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 43% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Don Julian Elementary→Bassett Senior High
Based on grade levels within Bassett Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 24.0% | 23.1% | 34.0% |
| Math | 12.9% | 15.8% | 24.6% | 46.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 30.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.7% | 33.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.3% | 28.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.4% | 43.1% |
| 2017-18 | 52.1% | 45.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.7% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Don Julian Elementary
Don Julian Elementary's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Julian Elementary this school | 544 | 92.5% | 36.2% |
| Alexandria Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 502 | 92.2% | 45.6% |
| Willard F. Payne Elementary El Monte | 534 | 92.1% | 16.8% |
| Vineland Elementary Baldwin Park | 604 | 92.2% | 21.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Escondido | 547 | 92.0% | 26.3% |
| Baker Elementary El Monte | 601 | 93.3% | 26.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Don Julian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #2,845 of 5,151 | #705 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,352 of 5,172 ▼ 285 | #871 of 1,129 ▼ 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,654 of 5,172 ▼ 207 | #643 of 1,129 ▼ 83 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,493 of 5,116 | #630 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #1,933 of 5,915 | #386 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,375 of 5,352 | #804 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #4,552 of 5,354 | #917 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #775 of 5,625 | #337 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #378 of 1,139 | #66 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
544
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 26.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 544 | 23.1 | 23.5:1 | 92% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 24.1 | 23.1:1 | 92% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 22.9 | 24.1:1 | 94% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 20 | 26.8:1 | 92% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 19 | 25.0:1 | 94% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 22 | 22.6:1 | 94% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | N/A | N/A | 99% (564) |
| 2000-01 | 871 | 39 | 22.3:1 | 84% (735) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 29 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Don Julian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (475 to 544); teachers up 22% (19 to 23.1).
About Don Julian Elementary
Among the schools in La Puente, California, is Don Julian Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 544 students, spread over kindergarten through 8.
Besides Don Julian Elementary, Bassett Unified runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 2,798 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Don Julian Elementary is 90%. The next largest groups are 6% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 42 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Don Julian Elementary has 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 23.5:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
Don Julian Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Don Julian Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 25.4%. Don Julian Elementary scores 36.2%, 10.9 points above that line.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Don Julian Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Wallen L. Andrews is about 1.0 miles from Don Julian Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Don Julian Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Don Julian Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (535) and 2024-25 (544). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 26.8:1 in 2020-21 to 23.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bassett Unified
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Edgewood AcademyElementary · 478 students
- Torch MiddleMiddle · 345 students
- J. E. Van Wig ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Sunkist ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- Nueva Vista Continuation HighHigh · 46 students
Other schools in La Puente
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Sparks MiddleMiddle · 600 students
- Baldwin AcademyElementary · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Wallen L. Andrews1.0 mi · 542
- Bassett Senior High1.3 mi · 747
- Lassalette1.3 mi · 279
- Torch Middle1.4 mi · 345
- Nelson Elementary1.5 mi · 291
- Sunset1.5 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About Don Julian ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Don Julian Elementary?
Don Julian Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Don Julian Elementary serve?
Don Julian Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Don Julian Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Don Julian Elementary is approximately 23.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Don Julian Elementary?
At Don Julian Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Don Julian Elementary?
Don Julian Elementary is overseen by Bassett Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.