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Enrollment
788
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNEY UNIFIED·NCES 061146001266
Gallatin Elementary
9513 Brookshire Ave., Downey, CA 90240 · (562) 904-3583 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL788 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
25.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
527 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 169 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (169) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
52.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
43.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.2% | 28.6% | 20.8% | 26.5% |
| Math | 20.4% | 23.5% | 29.0% | 27.1% |
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 | 52.7% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 39.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.9% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 47.1% | 40.8% |
| 2018-19 | 64.4% | 59.8% |
| 2017-18 | 62.7% | 49.7% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 52.3% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Gallatin Elementary
Gallatin Elementary's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin Elementary this school | 788 | 66.9% | 45.7% |
| Washington Elementary Riverside | 818 | 63.7% | 28.5% |
| Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary Lake Forest | 896 | 65.2% | 35.7% |
| Annie R. Mitchell Visalia | 789 | 67.8% | 38.0% |
| Ben Hulse Elementary Imperial | 838 | 66.7% | 48.5% |
| Ross (Betsy) Elementary Anaheim | 731 | 66.3% | 24.8% |
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 Gallatin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #2,016 of 5,151 | #468 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,004 of 5,172 ▲ 234 | #494 of 1,129 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,837 of 5,172 ▲ 294 | #410 of 1,129 ▲ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,836 of 5,116 | #509 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #414 of 5,915 | #69 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,622 of 5,352 | #1,048 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #4,018 of 5,354 | #755 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #3,127 of 5,625 | #878 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #661 of 1,139 | #110 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
788
+44 (+6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 788 | 31 | 25.4:1 | 67% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 30 | 26.0:1 | 61% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 29 | 26.5:1 | 62% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 29 | 25.7:1 | 54% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 27 | 27.3:1 | 56% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 26 | 27.0:1 | 54% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 52% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 34 | 21.3:1 | 35% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 27 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gallatin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (738 to 788); teachers up 15% (27 to 31).
About Gallatin Elementary
Gallatin Elementary is a public elementary school run by Downey Unified in Downey, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 788 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Downey Unified serves 22,405 students across 21 schools.
About 84% of the student body at Gallatin Elementary is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 10% White, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gallatin Elementary and a ratio of 25.4:1. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 67% of students. That tracks the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Gallatin Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gallatin Elementary is 5.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.7% actual, 40.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gallatin Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Unsworth (Edith) Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gallatin Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Gallatin Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Gallatin Elementary had 744 students, to 2024-25, when it had 788.
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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 Downey Unified
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Other schools in Downey
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Other Gallatin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gallatin Elementary. Gallatin Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Gallatin Elementary SchoolJunction, IL · 314 students
Nearby schools
- Unsworth (Edith) Elementary0.6 mi · 633
- Price (Maude) Elementary0.7 mi · 757
- Griffiths (Gordon) Middle0.7 mi · 1,264
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle1.0 mi · 1,304
- Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences1.1 mi · 376
- Birney Tech Academy1.2 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Gallatin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gallatin Elementary?
Gallatin Elementary enrolls approximately 788 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gallatin Elementary serve?
Gallatin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gallatin Elementary?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at Gallatin Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Gallatin Elementary?
Student demographics at Gallatin Elementary are roughly 10% White, 84% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Gallatin Elementary in?
Gallatin Elementary is part of Downey Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.