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What's the most underrated thing about Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
641
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNEY UNIFIED·NCES 061146001267
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary
9724 Spry St., Downey, CA 90242 · (562) 904-3582 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- AThree-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
22.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
573 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 | 134 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
25%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
37.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
33.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 23.7% | 24.4% | 38.0% |
| Math | 12.3% | 21.4% | 32.8% | 33.4% |
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 | 37.7% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 28.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.8% | 26.2% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 40.5% | 33.1% |
| 2017-18 | 41.7% | 32.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.8% | 30.8% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary this school | 641 | 89.4% | 33.3% |
| Jackson Elementary Riverside | 657 | 90.0% | 26.8% |
| Monroe Elementary Riverside | 596 | 88.9% | 35.1% |
| Hort Elementary Bakersfield | 590 | 89.3% | 20.5% |
| Ted Porter Elementary Fontana | 629 | 89.8% | 30.8% |
| Liberty Elementary Riverside | 651 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
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 Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,136 of 5,151 | #787 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #2,849 of 5,172 ▲ 360 | #732 of 1,129 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #3,164 of 5,172 ▲ 243 | #764 of 1,129 ▲ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #434 of 5,116 | #166 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #1,089 of 5,915 | #204 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,263 of 5,352 | #622 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #4,197 of 5,354 | #798 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #1,171 of 5,625 | #466 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #626 of 1,139 | #104 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
641
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 641 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 89% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 29 | 21.9:1 | 75% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 81% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 75% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 24.2 | 24.7:1 | 85% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 24 | 26.3:1 | 88% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 88% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 86% (705) |
| 1990-91 | 732 | 29 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (597 to 641); teachers up 20% (24.2 to 29).
About Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary
At 9724 Spry St. in Downey, California, Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 641 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 38% above the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is part of a district of 21 schools: Downey Unified, with 22,405 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is Hispanic, at 86%. It is also 7% White and 4% Black. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 38 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
The school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.1 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Of all students at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 27.2%. Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary scores 33.3%, 6.1 points above that line.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Among nearby public schools, Columbus (Christopher) High is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 45.9% proficiency; Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary posts 33.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 641, compared with 612 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Columbus (Christopher) High0.2 mi · 368
- Woodruff Academy0.2 mi · 14
- Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary0.7 mi · 810
- Alameda Elementary1.0 mi · 744
- Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary1.0 mi · 796
- Sussman (Edward A.) Middle1.1 mi · 1,240
Frequently asked questions
About Gauldin (A.L.) ElementaryHow many students attend Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary?
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary enrolls approximately 641 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary serve?
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary?
At Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary public or private?
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Downey Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.