Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary

Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Cerritos, California, run under ABC Unified, hosting 516 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 30 schools in ABC Unified (17,570 students total), Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 80.0%, a residual of +21.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary is one.

Carmenita Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 76.0%.

Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 516). Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 71% to 64%. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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