Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL RANCHO UNIFIED·NCES 061218001371
Durfee Elementary
4220 South Durfee Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 · (562) 801-7610 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
252 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
31.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
29.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 16.8% | 14.8% | 27.7% | 40.6% |
| Math | 9.0% | 20.6% | 36.1% | 34.2% |
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 | 31.6% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 27.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.6% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.1% | 27.2% |
| 2018-19 | 42.1% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 40.8% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 34.8% | 18.1% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Durfee Elementary
Durfee Elementary's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durfee Elementary this school | 322 | 78.3% | 30.4% |
| Westmont Elementary Pomona | 327 | 78.9% | 30.8% |
| Potrero Elementary Potrero | 300 | 79.0% | 9.8% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary San Diego | 324 | 78.1% | 28.1% |
| Voices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa Co Richmond | 343 | 81.0% | N/A |
| Birney Tech Academy Pico Rivera | 344 | 80.8% | 39.1% |
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 Durfee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,457 of 5,151 | #864 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,255 of 5,172 ▲ 59 | #849 of 1,129 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,814 of 5,172 ▼ 300 | #932 of 1,129 ▼ 90 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,486 of 5,116 | #247 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #4,557 of 5,915 | #1,003 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,296 of 5,352 | #973 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.1% | #5,146 of 5,354 | #1,137 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #2,342 of 5,625 | #736 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #1,460 of 3,837 | #503 of 947 |
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
322
-52 (-14%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 78% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 13 | 26.3:1 | 86% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 78% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 14 | 26.7:1 | 69% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 75% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 15 | 27.7:1 | 69% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | N/A | N/A | 78% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 25 | 21.5:1 | 60% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 21 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durfee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (401 to 322); teachers down 13% (15 to 13).
About Durfee Elementary
Durfee Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Pico Rivera, California. In all, 322 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 31% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
A total of 13 schools make up El Rancho Unified, with 6,716 students enrolled.
The share of students at Durfee Elementary who are Hispanic is 97%. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
Durfee Elementary lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.8 students per teacher. The school's 24.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 78% of the student body. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Durfee Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Durfee Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.4%; the prediction is 33.7%.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Durfee Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, North Park Academy of the Arts, is the closest to Durfee Elementary. Durfee Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.8% proficiency; Durfee Elementary posts 30.4%.
Durfee Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Durfee Elementary had a net loss of 52 students, or 14%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 26.7:1 in 2020-21, and 24.8:1 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 El Rancho Unified
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
Other schools in Pico Rivera
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
Other Durfee Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Durfee Elementary. Durfee Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Durfee ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 1,120 students
Nearby schools
- North Park Academy of the Arts0.3 mi · 512
- North Ranchito Elementary0.6 mi · 319
- Montebello Gardens Elementary0.9 mi · 230
- South Ranchito Dual Language Academy1.2 mi · 351
- Orange Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 324
- La Merced Academy1.3 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Durfee ElementaryHow many students attend Durfee Elementary?
Durfee Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Durfee Elementary serve?
Durfee Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Durfee Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Durfee Elementary is approximately 24.8:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Durfee Elementary?
Durfee Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Durfee Elementary public or private?
Durfee Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Rancho Unified.
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