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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060369000331
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary
14600 Cavette Pl., Baldwin Park, CA 91706 · (626) 962-8114 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
600 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 142 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
33.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 20.6% | 25.3% | 41.5% |
| Math | 9.3% | 17.6% | 29.5% | 43.7% |
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 | 33.2% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.2% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 21.1% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 15.7% |
| 2018-19 | 35.9% | 31.7% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.1% | 20.9% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Ernest R. Geddes Elementary
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest R. Geddes Elementary this school | 662 | 90.6% | 29.7% |
| Santa Lucia Elementary King City | 637 | 88.5% | 24.1% |
| Golden Valley Elementary Orosi | 603 | 90.4% | 41.0% |
| Frank Paul Elementary Salinas | 638 | 92.0% | 20.8% |
| Scholarship Prep - Orange County Santa Ana | 615 | 92.2% | N/A |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Madera | 659 | 93.3% | 22.8% |
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 Ernest R. Geddes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,550 of 5,151 | #892 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,559 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #918 of 1,129 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #3,640 of 5,172 ▼ 417 | #889 of 1,129 ▼ 118 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,958 of 5,116 | #529 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #941 of 5,915 | #166 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,466 of 5,352 | #821 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #4,994 of 5,354 | #1,075 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #1,028 of 5,625 | #426 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #540 of 1,139 | #90 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
662
+150 (+29%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 662 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 91% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 92% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 19 | 24.2:1 | 90% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 85% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 90% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 88% (612) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | N/A | N/A | 87% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 49 | 20.8:1 | 77% (784) |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 29 | 29.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ernest R. Geddes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (607 to 662); teachers up 8% (26 to 28).
About Ernest R. Geddes Elementary
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary serves students in Baldwin Park, California, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 662 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 42% higher.
Baldwin Park Unified operates 17 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,856 students.
Hispanic students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at Ernest R. Geddes Elementary are from different groups.
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 23.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Ernest R. Geddes Elementary. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 21 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Ernest R. Geddes Elementary outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Ernest R. Geddes Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 26.4%. Ernest R. Geddes Elementary scores 29.7%, 3.3 points above that line.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
North Park Continuation High, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Ernest R. Geddes Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Ernest R. Geddes Elementary had a net gain of 150 students, or 29%. The ratio was 22.3:1 in 2020-21 and 23.6:1 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 Baldwin Park Unified
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Other schools in Baldwin Park
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- North Park Continuation High0.1 mi · 186
- BP STEM Academy0.4 mi · 565
- Margaret Heath Elementary0.5 mi · 320
- Central Elementary1.0 mi · 264
- Baldwin Park High1.0 mi · 1,260
- Charles Bursch Elementary1.1 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryHow many students attend Ernest R. Geddes Elementary?
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary enrolls approximately 662 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ernest R. Geddes Elementary serve?
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ernest R. Geddes Elementary have?
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ernest R. Geddes Elementary?
Student demographics at Ernest R. Geddes Elementary are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Ernest R. Geddes Elementary in?
Ernest R. Geddes Elementary is part of Baldwin Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.