El Rodeo Elementary

Located at 605 North Whittier Dr., in Beverly Hills, California, El Rodeo Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community that serves 629 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Beverly Hills Unified. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

El Rodeo Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Beverly Hills Unified, a district that works with 3,073 students overall.

In terms of who attends, El Rodeo Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 16% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at El Rodeo Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, El Rodeo Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.6%; this one delivers 79.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), El Rodeo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Beverly Hills High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Rodeo Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Rodeo Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. El Rodeo Elementary's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 629). The White share of enrollment fell from 76% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.