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What's the most underrated thing about Esther Lindstrom Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLFLOWER UNIFIED·NCES 060444000400
Esther Lindstrom Elementary
5900 North Canehill St., Lakewood, CA 90713 · (562) 804-6525 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- B-Three-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
24.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
340 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
43.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.3pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.9% | 27.8% | 22.8% | 33.4% |
| Math | 14.7% | 22.8% | 28.4% | 34.1% |
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 | 43.8% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 40.2% |
| 2022-23 | 41.7% | 34.4% |
| 2021-22 | 42.6% | 33.7% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 43.1% |
| 2017-18 | 56.7% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 43.8% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Esther Lindstrom Elementary
Esther Lindstrom Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Lindstrom Elementary this school | 552 | 61.6% | 41.1% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary Fairfield | 526 | 57.0% | 38.3% |
| Murphy Elementary El Sobrante | 460 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| REACH Leadership STEAM Academy Riverside | 645 | 57.1% | N/A |
| B. Gale Wilson Middle Fairfield | 602 | 62.3% | 31.4% |
| Two Rivers Elementary Sacramento | 612 | 57.0% | 41.5% |
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 Esther Lindstrom Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,375 of 5,151 | #571 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,484 of 5,172 ▼ 315 | #622 of 1,129 ▼ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #2,577 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #618 of 1,129 ▼ 79 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,461 of 5,116 | #620 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #1,834 of 5,915 | #359 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,742 of 5,352 | #865 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #636 of 5,354 | #102 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #3,402 of 5,625 | #928 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #310 of 3,837 | #148 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
552
-73 (-12%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 552 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 62% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 23.3 | 24.8:1 | 65% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 24 | 23.2:1 | 66% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 25 | 25.0:1 | 59% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 34 | 24.8:1 | 50% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 37 | 24.1:1 | 49% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | N/A | N/A | 46% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 45 | 22.3:1 | 26% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 28 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esther Lindstrom Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (844 to 552); teachers down 32% (34 to 23).
About Esther Lindstrom Elementary
Esther Lindstrom Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Lakewood, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 552 students on the rolls.
Enrollment across the 15 schools in Bellflower Unified totals 9,573 students.
The biggest share of students at Esther Lindstrom Elementary, 49%, is Hispanic. Next come 16% Black, 13% White, 13% Asian, and 9% multiracial. That is in line with Los Angeles County, where about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Classroom staffing at Esther Lindstrom Elementary totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Esther Lindstrom Elementary is about 62%.
Esther Lindstrom Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Esther Lindstrom Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.1%; the prediction is 43.5%.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mayfair High is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Esther Lindstrom Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 625 students in 2020-21 to 552 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.0:1) than in 2020-21 (25.0:1).
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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 Bellflower Unified
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Bellflower HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Craig Williams ElementaryElementary · 478 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Mayfair High0.4 mi · 2,422
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 457
- Gompers1.0 mi · 366
- Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy1.2 mi · 280
- Stephen Foster Elementary1.2 mi · 501
- Cleveland Elementary1.2 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Esther Lindstrom ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Esther Lindstrom Elementary?
Esther Lindstrom Elementary enrolls approximately 552 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Esther Lindstrom Elementary serve?
Esther Lindstrom Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Esther Lindstrom Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Esther Lindstrom Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Esther Lindstrom Elementary?
At Esther Lindstrom Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 49% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Esther Lindstrom Elementary public or private?
Esther Lindstrom Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellflower Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.