Fremont Elementary

Fremont Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in Alhambra, California, run under Alhambra Unified. Current enrollment sits at 654 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Fremont Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 17% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Fremont Elementary lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fremont Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 52.2%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Fremont Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Marguerita Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fremont Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Fremont Elementary's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 570 (now 654). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 22% to 17%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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