Granada Elementary

Set in Alhambra, California, Granada Elementary is a close-knit primary school, run under Alhambra Unified. It works with 348 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 16 schools in Alhambra Unified (14,548 students total), Granada Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Granada Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 27% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Granada Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Granada Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Granada Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 32.8%, a residual of -14.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Granada Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Options for Youth San Gabriel is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Granada Elementary. On composite proficiency, Granada Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Granada Elementary has decreased 22%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 57% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.