Gladstone Elementary

Set in San Dimas, California, Gladstone Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, part of Bonita Unified. It educates 518 students across grades K through 5.

Gladstone Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Bonita Unified, a district that teaches 9,905 students overall.

On demographics, Gladstone Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% White, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Gladstone Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Gladstone Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Gladstone Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Willow Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gladstone Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gladstone Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 518). White enrollment moved from 28% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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