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What's one thing Dunsmore Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001925
Dunsmore Elementary
4717 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214 · (818) 248-1758 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
229 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
76.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.5% | 28.0% | 17.3% | 11.3% |
| Math | 48.9% | 27.8% | 14.5% | 8.8% |
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 | 71.4% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.4% | 76.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.8% | 73.6% |
| 2018-19 | 77.3% | 71.8% |
| 2017-18 | 77.0% | 67.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.6% | 61.1% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Dunsmore Elementary
Dunsmore Elementary's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsmore Elementary this school | 589 | 38.9% | 74.0% |
| Circle View Elementary Huntington Beach | 582 | 37.3% | 73.9% |
| Westbrook Elementary Roseville | 701 | 34.0% | 60.6% |
| Vista Elementary Simi Valley | 567 | 33.3% | 73.8% |
| Eastwood Elementary Westminster | 542 | 40.4% | 62.2% |
| Acacia Elementary Fullerton | 661 | 33.3% | 78.7% |
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 Dunsmore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #463 of 5,151 | #101 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #351 of 5,172 ▲ 47 | #77 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #680 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #152 of 1,129 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,209 of 5,116 | #780 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #1,490 of 5,915 | #290 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,067 of 5,352 | #583 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #432 of 5,354 | #74 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #4,382 of 5,625 | #1,075 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #593 of 1,139 | #97 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
589
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 39% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 26 | 22.0:1 | 26% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 25.5 | 22.1:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 15% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 22 | 24.8:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 18 | 25.4:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | N/A | N/A | 11% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 19 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunsmore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (545 to 589); teachers up 23% (22 to 27).
About Dunsmore Elementary
Dunsmore Elementary is a public elementary school in La Crescenta, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 589 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 27% larger than average.
The district, Glendale Unified, operates 32 schools serving 25,294 students.
Dunsmore Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Asian, 22% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Dunsmore Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 27 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.8:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Dunsmore Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 56.8%. Actual: 74.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Dunsmore Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Anderson W. Clark Magnet High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Dunsmore Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Dunsmore Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Dunsmore Elementary had 592 students in 2020-21 and 589 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.7:1 to 21.8:1 over the same years.
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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 Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in La Crescenta
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet HighHigh · 1,136 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Mountain Avenue ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet High0.3 mi · 1,136
- Valley View Elementary0.4 mi · 461
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 495
- Mountain View Elementary1.0 mi · 567
- Monte Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 721
- Crescenta Valley High1.4 mi · 2,624
Frequently asked questions
About Dunsmore ElementaryHow many students attend Dunsmore Elementary?
Dunsmore Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades KG-06.
Is Dunsmore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dunsmore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Dunsmore Elementary?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Dunsmore Elementary.
How diverse is Dunsmore Elementary?
Dunsmore Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 31% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Dunsmore Elementary in?
Dunsmore Elementary is part of Glendale Unified.
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