Emma W. Shuey Elementary

Emma W. Shuey Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Rosemead, California, run under Rosemead Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 450 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Rosemead Elementary, which oversees 5 schools and 2,319 students, Emma W. Shuey Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Emma W. Shuey Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Emma W. Shuey Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Emma W. Shuey Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.5%; Emma W. Shuey Elementary posts 63.4%, +25.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emma W. Shuey Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gabrielino High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Emma W. Shuey Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.