Emery Park Elementary

As a cozy elementary-level community in Alhambra, California, Emery Park Elementary hosts 383 students from grades K through 8, part of Alhambra Unified.

Within Alhambra Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 14,548 students, Emery Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Emery Park Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 16% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Emery Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Emery Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $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%. Emery Park Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Sierra Vista Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emery Park Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Emery Park Elementary's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 383). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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