Grovecenter Elementary

Grovecenter Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in West Covina, California, operated by Covina-Valley Unified, instructs 595 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Covina-Valley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,028 students; Grovecenter Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Grovecenter Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Asian, 5% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grovecenter Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.8%; actual is 48.8%, +15.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Grovecenter Elementary is one.

Rowland Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grovecenter Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

Grovecenter Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Grovecenter Elementary's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 595). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

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